Re: Phish Thread- Al Kol Aileh

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Eliezer,

Can you tell us which song served as the basis of "Al Kol Aileh"?
I don't believe that I've ever heard Abdel Wahab's work.  Maybe on
Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn).

The blurb below comes from the All Music Guide.  It's interesting to
read that Abdel Wahab drew on Western music.  (If he were alive today,
would he be listening to Phish?)   I guess that this is just another
example of the cross-fertilization of musical styles.  Are there other
examples of Arabic (Egyptian) tunes that became Jewish (Israeli) hits?
Or vice versa?

As a singer and an influence on Egyptian music during its renaissance,
Abdel Wahab was equaled only by Umm
 Kulthum. But while she was a traditionalist to the core, Abdel Wahab
believed in learning from Western music.   Yet he too was a musical
nationalist, renewing rather than diluting Egyptian tradition.
Starting from a highly traditional sound as a teenager, he gradually
moved into a highly varied (and internationally popular) film-based
repertoire. But besides contributing to the pop world, he introduced
more fundamental elements, such as long instrumental passages, a major
element in his work. -- John Storm Roberts, All-Music Guide

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 9:24 AM
Subject: Phish Thread- Al Kol Aileh


>Can you still call 'Al Kol Aileh' Jewish music even if you know the
melody
>was lifted from Mohammed Abdelwahab? (Guess so...)
> EK
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