Masters of Percussion, Vol. 3 (ARC Music, 2009)
Volume 3 of ARC Music’s Masters of Percussion series focuses on dazzling Middle Eastern, Japanese and African drumming.
The brilliant percussionists featured here include the late Hossam Ramzy, an Egyptian master of tabla (Egyptian, not Indian) and darbuka; Iranian daf and tonbak expert, Ramin Rahimi; Japanese multi-instrumentalist and taiko maestro Joji Hirota; Nigerian drum wizard Solá Akingbolá; Nahini Doumbia (Mali); and Indian tabla master Sarvar Sabri.