Ahmed Abdul-Malik

East meets West

"Ahmed Abdul-Malik was born in Brooklyn of Sudanese descent. His interest in music dates from boyhood; he began studying at seven, first violin, later the bass, then piano and tuba. His early professional experience ranged from Greek, Syrian and Gypsy weddings to symphony orchestras.
Moving into jazz circles in the '40s, Ahmed played with such veterans as Fess Williams, Art Blakey and Don Byas. In the last decade he has continued to work in varied settings with Sam (the Man), Taylor, Coleman Hawkins and Randy Weston, with the Middle-Eastern groups of Mohammed el Bakkar and Djamal Aslan, and (since 1957) with the Thelonius Monk Quartet. He has appeared with Monk on the "Seven Lively Arts" and "Twentieth Century" television programs and, with his own Eastern group, on the Dave Garroway NBC-TV network show. He continues to study and to be influenced by the voice and instruments of Asia and Africa." (information from CD's program notes)

"East meets West" is a true re-issue of the classic RCA LP series. The LP format was released in 1959. The CD re-issue was released in 1985 by BMG Hamburg. You can find information about this CD by doing an artist search on BMG's web-site, but it is in German. Since we bought this CD in Europe, we are uncertain as to its availability in the U.S., but you can always try some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.

Artists and their recordings in this category:

Anouar Brahem:
Conte de l'incroyable amour

Rabih Abou-Khalil:
Earlier Works

Anouar Brahem:
Thimar

Rabih Abou-Khalil:
Later Works

Marcel Khalife, Al Mayadine:
Jadal / Oud Duo

Juan Martin:
Musica Alhambra

Simon Shaheen,
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt:
Saltanah

Ahmed Abdul-Malik:
East meets West

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