L'Oud and the Abstract Truth (Disc 2), by James Stone Goodman and the Epichorus

L'Oud and the Abstract Truth (Disc 2)

by James Stone Goodman and the Epichorus

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1.	Bereshit (Rast) 09:45	buy track
2.	Vayakhel (Hosseini) 05:06	buy track
3.	Bo (Sigah) 04:15	buy track
4.	Yitro (Bayat) 05:26	buy track
5.	Debarim (Hijaz) 05:15	buy track
6.	Qorah (Nahawand) 05:26	buy track
7.	Ahare Mot (Hijaz) 04:27	buy track
8.	Vayesse (Ajam) 02:43	buy track
9.	Eqeb (Sigah) 03:40	buy track
10.	Nisabim (Nawa) 04:55	buy track
11.	Shelah (Hijaz) 04:35	buy track
12.	Matot (Nawa) 05:16	buy track
13.	Shofetim (Ajam) 07:54	buy track

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L’Oud and the Abstract Truth, a double-disc of ecstatic middle eastern roots music, pairs the poetry of James Stone Goodman with the deep arabic grooves of the Epichorus, creating a form of poetry-in-music at once ancient and new. Over the course of twenty four tracks, recorded live across New York City, with a cornucopia of master-musicians bearing old and unexpected instruments, L’Oud and the Abstract Truth will dazzle and delight.

L’Oud and the Abstract Truth, is the product of a multi-year effort by Rabbi James Stone Goodman and the Epichorus, to record a traditional music-video for every portion of the Torah - called “The Maqam Project.” A maqam is an arabic musical form, similar to a mode, that is played as a kind of structure over which one improvises. In many middle eastern Jewish traditions, there is a maqam associated with every Torah portion. James Stone Goodman has been writing poetry to this form since 2009; approached by his student, Rabbi Zachary Fredman, bandleader of the Epichorus, the two found a way for poetry and music to meet.

credits

released June 22, 2016

Bnai Jeshurun Concert (October 12th, 2014)

1) Bereshit (Rast)

Zach Fredman – Oud
Megan Gould – Violin
Tamer Pinarbasi – Qanun
Uri Sharlin – Accordion
Haggai Cohen-Milo – Upright Bass
Hadar Noiberg - Flute
Liron Peled – Dumbek
Rich Stein – Percussion

Red Pill Studio (January 19th, 2015)

2) Vayakhel (Hosseini)
3) Bo (Sigah)
4) Yitro (Bayat)

Zach Fredman – Oud
Keith Raske – Tamboura

Jay St. Penthouse, Dumbo (May 19th, 2014)

5) Debarim (Hijaz)
6) Qorah (Nahawand)

Zach Fredman – Oud
Uri Sharlin – Accordion
Haggai Cohen-Milo – Upright Bass
Rami El Aasser – Dumbek, Riq

Washington Square Park (September 24th, 2013)

7) Ahare Mot (Hijaz)
8) Vayesse (Ajam)

Zach Fredman – Oud
Max ZT – Hammered Dulcimer

Ben Zion Home (May 22nd, 2014)

9) Eqeb (Sigah)
10) Nisabim (Nawa)

Zach Fredman – Oud
Bridget Robbins – Nay
Rami El Aasser –Riq

The Music Inn (May 20th, 2014)

11) Shelah (Hijaz)
12) Matot (Nawa)
13) Shofetim (Ajam)

Zach Fredman – Oud, Zaroud
Max ZT – Hammered Dulcimer
Daniel Ori – Upright Bass

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