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George Michelle

fhydan - 4-3-2009 at 12:13 PM

Taqasim by george michelle



enjoy

corridoio - 4-3-2009 at 12:25 PM

that's very beautiful, great musician and great "voice" this oud

francis - 4-3-2009 at 12:39 PM

I really enjoy....
This taksim is like a "promenade", sweet, quiet and full of subtle touch.
A great musician, for my opinion, with a very personal style.
What is the basic maqam, here?

Thanks for posting Fhydan!

fhydan - 4-3-2009 at 01:46 PM

You are most welcome.
The main maqam is sikah[corrected]

DaveH - 4-3-2009 at 02:16 PM

I love that clip. That man is in control of his music.

I've really liked everything I've heard from George Michelle. Anyone know where recordings of him might be available?

francis - 4-3-2009 at 04:32 PM

I find this address to buy the record:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/georgemichel
I order it, after listening to the sound clips.......

Reda Aouad - 4-4-2009 at 12:35 AM

The beauty of simplicity !!

:applause:

Ararat66 - 4-4-2009 at 12:33 PM

I love this man's playing - just beautiful, fabulous tone and feel.

Thanks

Leon

DaveH - 4-5-2009 at 05:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6DxPEbScE&feature=related

Reda Aouad - 4-5-2009 at 06:02 AM

Great ! I really can't express..

:applause:

Ararat66 - 4-6-2009 at 01:21 AM

Thanks Dave

Leon

francis - 4-21-2009 at 05:11 PM

I received the cd I ordered to cdbaby a few days ago.
I discovered some amazing takasims and tunes, with this particular great feeling heart in the youtube clips.
There is no comment about the recording year(s). Seems to be rather old ( may be sixties / seventies ) because of the material : a few tunes could be fields recording and the sound isn't masterised at all.
But I like these tunes very well and i'm happy to own this record.
I think that the ousd is tuned one tone lower than usual; most of tunes are played around e flat maqamat. Is this tuning a frequent one, or was ....May be it can be a recording result, but I don't think it is the case....
If someone here knows this cd, I would like to have his opinion.

Francis

David.B - 9-21-2009 at 01:21 AM

Hi francis,

I have the cd but I haven't bent over to it yet... I discovered George Michel through Marcus Scott Lloyd thesis : George gave to Marcus some lessons in Cairo and we have some commentaries in his work.

Thanks fhydan for the video :)

Christian1095 - 9-24-2009 at 12:20 PM

Wow, thanks for sharing... I really like the phrasing...