La Grande Marche- هلأ لوين

Tom Waits - Diamonds and Gold (Female Tribute)

انا ابويا وحشني جدا

Need A Break

Stream of passion - Run away (Cover)

The Moon Song (from Her)

Malek Jandali (http://MalekJandali.com) The Jasmine Tree. The old neighborhoods of the ancient cities of Damascus, Homs and Aleppo echo with memories of authentic Syrian music and Arabic maqamat, as well as with the perfume not only of orange and lemon trees but of the distinctive fragrance of the beautiful white jasmine flower. “Yasmine” in Arabic, the jasmine flower is soft, feminine, romantic, and so luminous that it seems to glow in the moonlight. Damascus, known as the “city of jasmine,” is the oldest continuously inhabited capital in the world, known for centuries as a cultural hub of the region.
Says Jandali, “As a child I would string together necklaces of jasmine flowers for my mother and grandmother, and even now the scent brings back these special memories of my youth in Syria. In Farsi ‘yâsamin’ means ‘gift from God,’ and one of God’s gifts to me has been my beautiful wife Yasmine and our daughter Maya who inspired this album and to whom it is dedicated.”

Beginning with alternately dramatic and introspective phrases in the piano, Jandali builds to the entrance of the rhythmically distinct main melody in 5/4 meter. The oud takes over, soon joined by the cello, and the three instruments engage in imaginative contrasts of homophony and interplay, with the main melody returning periodically.

The Jasmine Tree incorporates the authentic Saba maqam on F in the oud taqasim. Ethereal passages and a grand pause bring on the first oud improvisation, which skillfully integrate a number of maqamat on variations of the work’s basic motives.

The Moon Song (from Her)

Muhab Ahmad