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Munir Bashir
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Munir Bashir received his first oud lessons in Mosul from his father and brother, studied at the conservatory of Baghdad and later gained his doctorate in Budapest. He was the first great oud player to give entire concerts alone, with taqsim: free improvisations in a maqam, the Arabic system of modes. He used harmonics and a tuning of his own. On his album for the French label Ocora, each piece is such a taqsim in a different maqam.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the taqsim in maqam Nahawand: Bashir plays short motifs, lets silences fall and so slowly builds up a melody.
Taqsîm en maqâm: Nahawand-kabîr · Munir Bashir, 2001- Taqsîm en maqâm: Râst · Munir Bashir, 2001
Al-Amira Al-Andaluciyya · Munir Bashir & Omar Bashir, 1994
Discography
Studio albums
- 1971Iraq: Ud Classique Arabe
- 1972Babylon Mood
- 1974It's Up to You
- 1974Luth Classique, 'Ud Iraq
- 1987Dialogue Between Oud & Rhythms
- 1993Maqamat
- 1993Oud Around the Arab World
- 1998Duo de 'ûd
- 1998Flamenco Roots
- 2000Ragâ Roots
- 2003Mesopotamia
- 2005Munir Bashir & the Iraqui Traditional Music Group
- 2007Rhythms & Melodies
- 2010Masters of Oud
- ?Méditations
- ?Munir Bashir Quartet
See also
Categories: ArtistsArabic classical music (maqam)