Le Paris Bagdad

• Artist: Fawzy Al-Aiedy
• Rating:
• Release Date: March 09, 1999
• Total Time: 52:53
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: World

Review

In the '80s and '90s, Paris became more and more of a hotbed of Middle Eastern music. The city had a sizable population of Middle Eastern immigrants, and quite a few singers and musicians of Middle Eastern descent lived and recorded there. One of them was Fawzy Al-Aiedy, who grew up in Iraq but moved to Paris when he was in his early 20s. The title, Le Paris Bagdad, acknowledges the singer's French citizenship as well as his Iraqi upbringing. This is a very traditional recording -- selections like "Zourouni," "Naima" and "Dana Dina" find Al-Aiedy putting music to traditional Iraqi or Egyptian texts. Al-Aiedy is not only an expressive and convincing vocalist; he's also a solid oud player. Al-Aiedy, who was 48 when this CD was recorded, demonstrates his mastery of the oud (an Arabic lute) on the instrumental, "Moudif." Buda thoughtfully provides a lyric sheet in French and English, as well as Arabic. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dana Dina	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(2:59)
La Gazelle (The Gazelle)	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:45)
Zourouni	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:10)
Ultime Priere (Last Prayer)	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(5:40)
Une Nuit a Bassorah [Instrumental]	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(4:33)
Sharara	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:50)
Naima	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:17)
Nissa	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:50)
Moudhif [Oud Solo][Instrumental]	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:30)
Circonspection (Circumspection)	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(4:30)
L' Oiseau Libre (The Free Bird)	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(3:18)
Layali	Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Traditional	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(4:05)
Sans Toit [Instrumental]	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	Fawzy Al-Aiedy	(6:26)

Credits

Jérôme Vicat-Blanc (Mixing), Jérôme Vicat-Blanc (Engineer), Bruno Caillat (Percussion), Fawzy Al-Aiedy (Arranger), Fawzy Al-Aiedy (Vocals), Ann Jacoby (Translation), Marc Buronfosse (Double Bass), Fawzy Al-Aiedy (Oud), Farhat Bouallagui (Violin), Fawzy Al-Aiedy (Oboe), Fawzy Al-Aiedy (Horn (English))