Tarab Musical Ensemble @ Islam, Sufism and the Heart of Compassion - Part III video

Presented by The Open Center & The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society 11.07.09 @ the Riverside Church in New York City www.opencenter.org Tareq Abboushi (Buzuq) Tareq Abboushi is a graduate from William Paterson University with a BM in Jazz Piano Performance. For the past seven years he has been studying the buzuq both in New York City as well as Ramallah, Palestine. Tareq currently performs with a number of groups in the New York area, ranging from dance pop to religious sufi music. Tareq is leading and composing for his own quintet "SHUSMO," playing mostly original compositions of Middle Eastern/Jazz fusion. Since releasing their first album One in February 2005, the quintet has taken part in various festivals: Atlantic Antic Festival, Sounds of the City Festival, and the Jerusalem Festival. He also composed and recorded music for the film "West Bank-Brooklyn," and has also appeared on two albums of children's music with Dan Zanes "House Party" and "Night Time!" The latter has won the Best children's CD of the year (2002) award by amazon.com. Taoufiq Ben Amor (Vocals, Oud and Percussion) Taoufiq Ben Amor is a Tunisian vocalist, percussionist and oud player. Taoufiq started learning percussion at an early age, then learned the Malouf (Andalusian repertoire) and sang with ensembles and choirs for many years. Fifteen years ago, he began studying the oud and the Arabic maqam system with various teachers such as Mohamed Labbad, Jamal Aslan and Simon Shaheen. For the last decade ...