Roots of Strings
Nazih Borish
On some tracks, Joseph Khoury accompanies with a well-chosen variety of percussion instruments that bring real colour and character to the sound. The use of double bass with oud divides opinion...
Roots of Strings
Nazih Borish
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On some tracks, Joseph Khoury accompanies with a well-chosen variety of percussion instruments that bring real colour and character to the sound. The use of double bass with oud divides opinion...
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Nazih Borish, oud player and composer of Syrian origin, presents his new album, Roots of Strings. This is the fourth release in the collection of recordings born from the artistic residencies of the Centre des musiciens du monde in Montreal.
When asked about the musician, Kiya Tabassian, Artistic Director of the Centre des musiciens du monde, went on to say: “Nazih Borish is recognized in the Arab world as one of the greatest oud players of his generation. In Montreal, his new home for the past five years, he recorded an album of his own compositions which projects the oud very far in space and time. Accompanied by Joseph Khoury, a percussionist with a great rhythmic sense, and Roberto Occhipinti, a well-established bassist, Nazih Borish, with his dazzling virtuosity, navigates with fervor and enthusiasm between the worlds of Arab music, flamenco, Indian music and even jazz.”
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Awards and reviews
June 2021
On some tracks, Joseph Khoury accompanies with a well-chosen variety of percussion instruments that bring real colour and character to the sound. The use of double bass with oud divides opinion but, when played as tastefully as this, it can add sensuous depth. There is much to enjoy here, from the languid meditation of ‘2011’ to the gleeful oud freak-out of ‘Ali Baba Dance’, which actually made me laugh out loud.
