Beyond The Sky [Cassette]

Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek

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Price: £8.98 inc. VAT (£7.64 ex. VAT)

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Release Date: 26-10-98

Label: Celestial Harmonies

Catalog Number: 13047-4

Barcode: 13711304749

Musical Style: World

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Artist Biography

Artist Biographies

Brian Keane

Brian Keane demonstrates excellence in a variety of musical endeavors. A virtuoso guitarist, he performs and records as a solo artist as well as with other musicians. Keane has three duo albums with Larry Coryell and has worked with Paco de Lucia, Michal Urbaniak, The Brubecks, Bobby McFerrin and Jeff Berlin to name a few. He has appeared at most of the major jazz festivals and has toured extensively throughout the world. Keane is at home on both sides of the recording process. He has produced several records and film scores including the soundtrack for the Academy Award nominated film, A Cuban Odyssey. An accomplished composer and arranger, he has collaborated with other talented writers and composed soundtracks for several award-winning films. These credits include the PBS film Cuba in the Shadow of Doubt (Golden Hugo and Chicago Film Festival Awards) and Women of Summer (American Film Festival, Ohio State Film Festival and American Women in Radio & TV Awards).

Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Omar Faruk Tekbilek, born in Turkey, has lived and worked in the New York area since 1976. He is a virtuoso on several Middle Eastern instruments and is a capable performer on dozens more. Tekbilek became familiar to many listeners through his work on Brian Keane's soundtrack to Süleyman the Magnificent and subsequently through two additional collaborations, Fire Dance and Beyond the Sky , that combined the sounds of the Middle East with Western synthesizers and guitar. He has appeared at the Kool Jazz Festival and the New Sounds Live Concert Series and has performed with Don Cherry, Ginger Baker and many others. Brian Keane is a talented composer and performer whose credits include many solo guitar and small ensemble recordings and a large number of soundtracks. He is also sought after as a producer and has worked with Tibetan Bells II artists, Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings. Oud or lute virtuoso, Ara Dinkjian and renowned percussionist, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, are both members of the popular band, Night Ark, which combines Western and Near Eastern musical forms. Hassan Isikkut is a composer and virtuoso on the Arabian kanun, or classical zither.