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Release Date: 25-05-2000
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13190-2
Barcode: 13711319026
Musical Style: Belly Dance
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call to Prayer [05:20] | 9 | Gawazi [04:37] |
| 2 | Imaginary Traveler [06:07] | 10 | Laz [03:55] |
| 3 | Siseler [03:48] | 11 | Kolaymi [05:15] |
| 4 | Ayasofya (Saint Sophia) [03:13] | 12 | Mastika [04:05] |
| 5 | Song of the Pharaohs [05:56] | 13 | Topkapinin Bahcesi (Garden at Topkapi) [01:57] |
| 6 | Hasret [05:42] | 14 | Whirling Dervish [10:40] |
| 7 | John the Baptist and Salome [04:37] | 15 | Village Song [03:18] |
| 8 | Crescent Moon [07:55] | ||
Biography:
A virtuoso on several Middle Eastern instruments and a masterful performer on dozens more, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a man of vast expertise. He started early, performing in his native Turkey by age 12 and studied under some of the greatest Turkish musicians.
Establishing himself as one of the top Turkish studio musicians in the 1960s, he later toured Europe and the United States as one of the world's foremost performers of traditional Middle Eastern music. His appearances with jazz musicians Don Cherry and Karl Berger and his work on numerous film and TV scores attest to his leadership status among contemporary Middle Eastern musicians. He now lives in New York state where he continues to expand his musical mastery, with a thriving solo career and collaborations with other artists.
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