MUSIC
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019
7:00 PM

Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers feat. Hamid Al-Saadi
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn

$10 advance; $15 door
https://pioneerworks.org/programs/amir-elsaffars-two-rivers-with-hamid-al-saadi/

Amir ElSaffar is an excellent Iraqi-American trumpeter who, with his Two Rivers ensemble composed of players of traditional Arabic and jazz instruments, not only tries but succeeds in synthesizing jazz and Arabic music, particularly the Iraqi maqam.  Here the ensemble is joined by Iraqui maqam vocalist Hamid Al-Saadi.  The music will be subtle, moving, with immensely interesting and appealing textures.

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