Watch This Jazz Chord become an Arabic Maqam

Play any "Dominant 7 #11" chord (add 9 & 13) on a 24-TET (Tone Equal Temperament) keyboard and you'll get the Arabic maqam of Rast.

HILAL

Remixed and Produced by Tarek Yamani
Video directed by Ali J. Dalloul

“Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony” by Flee Project

BERYTUS for String Quartet

Written by Tarek Yamani

Performed by Spektral Quartet

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by Rob Garratt

SKYLINES AHEAD for String Quartet + Darbuka

Written by Tarek Yamani

Performed by Spektral Quartet & Khaled Yassine

HALA LAND live in studio

from "Peninsular"
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Tarek Yamani: Piano, Compositions
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Wahid Mubarak: Khaliji Percussion

Video by Rawad El Hachem

KING MATAR

Music by Tarek Yamani

Video by Ali J. Dalloul

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Aaron Davis Hall

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Sam Minaie: Bass
John Davis: Drums

Ah Ya Zein (Afro Dabke Style)
Sama’i Yamani
Ashur
Chemali Wali
New Dabke

New York / November 16, 2018

QuarterToned

Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" over Miles Davis' "So What" re-imagined in Arabic maqam.

Bud Powell's "Dance of the Infidels" re-imagined in E half-flat (Huzam) and over Khaleeji Khobeiti rhythm.

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Russell Hall: Bass
Ari Hoenig: Drums

Muwashah Hibbi Zurni
موشح حِبِّي زُرْني
composed by
Darwich Al Hariri (Cairo, b. 1881)

New York / June 11th, 2018

Bach on Inverted Keyboard

J. S. Bach's French Suite No. 4 transforms into a haunting new piece when performed on an inverted keyboard.

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Atrium - Lincoln Center

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Sam Minaie: Bass
Jean John: Drums

Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)

New York, March 2018

International Jazz Day 2019

Vocalist Somi (USA) performs her composition "Lady Revisited" alongside Cievash Arian (Iran, nay), Brian Blade (USA, drums), Igor Butman (Russia, tenor saxophone), Tineke Postma (The Netherlands, alto saxophone), Chico Pinheiro (Brazil, guitar), Tarek Yamani (Lebanon, piano) and others as part of the International Jazz Day 2019 Global Host Celebration in Melbourne, Australia.

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at National Sawdust

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Russell Hall: Bass
Jonathan Barber: Drums

00:00 Sama'i Yamani
09:36 Drum Interlude
12:36 Ashur
21:38 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)

Brooklyn, New York
February 1st, 2018

Tarek Yamani & Peninsular
live at Abu Dhabi Festival

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Khalifa Al Jassem: Percussion
Khamis Safar: Percussion
Mishal Al Rubary: Percussion
Hussein Chaaban: Percussion
Mohamad Atiq: Percussion

Videos in playlist:

Samrias
Ayyala Cubana

PENINSULAR behind the scenes

Tarek Yamani: Piano, Compositions
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Wahid Mubarak: Khaliji Percussion
Ahmad Abdel Rahim: Khaliji Percussion
Adil Abdallah: Guest Vocals

Video by Rawad El Hachem

Commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Festival

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