10 September 2015

CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS" (GOETHE INSTITUT, 1970)






CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS"


Salah Ahmed Ragab, drums, conga, tambourine
Hartmut Geerken, piano, xylomarimba, gong, cymbals, tubular chimes, fire-brigade bell, camel bells, horse bells, temple blocks, bendire, conga, maraca, thunder sheet, “toy car producing the sound of a sirene”
Farouk Abdel Rahman, alto sax, Ramadan drum, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Fathi Abdel Salam, tenor sax, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Abdel Hakim Zamel, baritone sax, two Ramadan drums, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Mahmoud Ayoub, trombone, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Saddeek Bassouni, trombone, zebra drum, small gong, horse bells
Mohammed Abdel Rahman, tuba, african tin drum, african wooden drum, tambourines
Ibrahim Wagdi, trumpet, hand drum, darabukka, horse bells
Khalifa Ismail, trumpet, hand drum, bendire, small bell
Moohi El-Din Osman, bass, strings and wood
Abdel Ghani Metawally, bagpipes
Rofaeel Francis, bagpipes
Ahmed Kollaly, bagpipes


A1. Liberty For Iratilim 20:18
B1. Turnus 12:28
B3. Diagnosis For Percussion 07:02

All compositions by Hartmut Geerken.


Recorded on March 31 & April 01, 1970 at Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Cairo, Egypt.
Engineer: Joseph Hermeling.

Produced by the Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Goethe Institut, Cairo (Saut-el-Kahira).

GOETHE 7037080

(lp rip)

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31 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 December 2011 at 23:46:00 CET

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  2. holo19 December 2011 at 02:25:00 CET

    this looks amazing! what a find...

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  3. holo19 December 2011 at 02:25:00 CET

    so thank you!!!

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  4. gd19 December 2011 at 07:53:00 CET

    wow thanks!

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  5. Reza19 December 2011 at 09:15:00 CET

    Yeah ! never been able to aford this one many many thanks :)

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  6. Daniel Cecil19 December 2011 at 10:35:00 CET

    Anything with Salah Ragab is very, very welcome.

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  7. Nuage fiché qui rêve19 December 2011 at 13:08:00 CET

    Merci beaucoup, Onxidlib !

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  8. JD19 December 2011 at 16:23:00 CET

    Amazing post! Thanks!

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  9. JD19 December 2011 at 16:24:00 CET

    Amazing post! Thanks!

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  10. corvimax19 December 2011 at 18:56:00 CET

    I'm so courious about this one, have been looking for it, thank you!

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  11. Igor20 December 2011 at 10:13:00 CET

    So, the large orchestra led by Salah Ahmed Ragab and Hartmut Geerken with three bagpipes included. I have to hear it!
    Many thanks, onxidlib.

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  12. Anonymous22 December 2011 at 02:14:00 CET

    Thanks! I have the other LP Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble recently released on Sagittarius A-Star but had given up hope of ever hearing this one due to it's insane rarity.

    -Joel

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  13. Anonymous22 December 2011 at 08:21:00 CET

    ONX! this has been on my wishlist for a long time


    you are the MAN :)

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  14. freebones25 December 2011 at 06:44:00 CET

    this looks like something very fascinating. excitement! thanks!

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  15. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 April 2012 at 02:28:00 CEST

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  16. ooftü1 May 2012 at 00:27:00 CEST

    yoo
    downloaded this guy a while back,
    just wanted to say thanks, im a huge fan of free jazz and this one's a favorite. Keep em comin!

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  17. Anonymous8 November 2013 at 12:53:00 CET

    Hi any chance for re upload of the above? please.

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  18. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth8 November 2013 at 20:46:00 CET

    A re-up is in preparation - soon.

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  19. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth9 November 2013 at 14:11:00 CET

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  20. Anonymous9 November 2013 at 21:16:00 CET

    thank you very much

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  21. Calisan18 November 2013 at 18:01:00 CET

    I think it's time to listen this beauty! Thanks onxidlib

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  22. Chiquilicuatre y Zappa10 September 2015 at 17:33:00 CEST

    please re-up

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  23. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth10 September 2015 at 22:04:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  24. bventure11 September 2015 at 01:42:00 CEST

    Thanks very much for the new link

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  25. Solomon11 September 2015 at 04:04:00 CEST

    Thank you!!

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  26. Rev. bIGhIG11 September 2015 at 08:55:00 CEST

    Thanks for the re-up. Much appreciated.

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  27. JD14 September 2015 at 23:19:00 CEST

    Got to admit to being completely ignorant of this group of players, onxi, but it looks like it should be a lot of fun! Thanks.

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  28. Chiquilicuatre y Zappa17 September 2015 at 11:12:00 CEST

    many thanks for the album with Salah Ahmed Ragab

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  29. Hyde7 October 2015 at 03:46:00 CEST

    this one's amazing. thanks.

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  30. francisco santos19 May 2018 at 11:24:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  31. correct silence28 April 2020 at 08:54:00 CEST

    This lp have just been officially reissued by Holidays records and the reissue is licensed under the permission of Hartmut Geerken
    https://www.discogs.com/fr/Cairo-Free-Jazz-Ensemble-Heliopolis/release/15047662
    also available directly on the website holidays records.it

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