Trumpet Innovator Ibrahim Maalouf to Release Wind in 2013

Ibrahim Maalouf - Wind
Ibrahim Maalouf – Wind
Harmonia Mundi has announced the release of a new album titled Wind by groundbreaking jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf. Asked by the French national film library to compose music for a film of his choosing from among the silent movies in the Albatros catalog, Maalouf selected René Clair’s 1927 film La Proie du vent (The Prey of the Wind).

The project allowed Maalouf to fulfill two wishes – first to compose for a film, and second to compose a piece that could be very much inspired by Miles Davis’ music for Louis Malle’s Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, but using a quarter-tone trumpet.

I wanted to reproduce that mysteriously melancholic atmosphere, dripping with suspense, contributing a discreet yet powerful Arabic hue, blended into the typical jazz quintet played for many years by Miles,” says Maalouf of the album’s theme.

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Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.

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