Recommended Belly Dance Rhythm CDs
March 20, 2009
The Dancing Drum by Issam & Issam’s the Dancing Drum Vol. II – 14 Arabic rhythms & 3 nice drum solos on each CD by the drummer for the Belly Dance Super Stars.
Jalilah’s Raks Sharki 4 – 23 Arabic rhythms & examples of them in classic songs.
Uncle Mafufo’s 25 Essential Rhythms – 25 common belly dance rhythms including Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Pakistani rhythms. He speaks the rhythm, then plays it.
Nourhan Sharif Presents Arabic Rhythms Volumes 1(Wahid),2(Eitneen),3(Talata) and Rhythms from Around the Arab World – a series of CDs full of a variety of Arabic Rhythms. There is introductory information about each rhythm. Each CD has 8-10 rhythms and 2 drum solos.
Souhail Kaspar’s Awzan: Arab Rhythmic Modes – good variety of Arabic Rhythms some with other instruments as accompaniment.
Tayyar Akdeniz’s Rhythms of Turkey – 20 Turkish Rhythms with intros and examples in music and 5 really wonderful fully orchestrated Turkish musical tracks. Amazing CD with awful distribution. If you want, I can get it directly from Tayyar for you. Just ask me.
