 The Ethnic Clarinet
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Author: vintschevski
Date: 2004-04-07 05:37
Hello, ladies and gentlemen of the Ethnic Clarinet!
I have just been listening to Frank London and Co's Brotherhood of Brass CD which features the Hasaballa Brass Band, and for me this latter group is the main point of interest in the whole recording. Apparently it is a small group that lives and works in Cairo, and their clarinettist, Abd Ehamid Kamel, plays a metal clarinet (so the "brass" in the title is quite OK).
I have googled away merrily for quite some time and not managed to find out anything much more about either the HBB or Mr Kamel - all the references are to the Frank London CD. So I was hoping that amongst the readers of this forum there might be somebody who could tell me more - and especially tell me whether there might be recordings by the Hasaballa Brass Band available and, if so, from what source.
Hopefully yours,
vintschevski
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2004-04-10 18:01
my brother in law is specialised in arabic language , working in cairo for some years now , and his relations there gave me the folowing information :
ladies and gentlemen of "the Ethnic Clarinet"
Abdel Hamid Kamel lives in Cairo, he plays with Hassaballa Brass Band.
I had the pleasure to present them in France a couple of years ago.
For more information You can contact Mr Fakher Hakima in Tunisia (he has a Phd in the military popular music in Egypt) fakhersax@yahoo.fr
Best regards
Ahmed El Maghraby
Egyptian Center for Culture and Art
egyptmusic.net
makanzaman@hotmail.com
tel 002 012 795 08 28
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Author: Christian Dawid
Date: 2004-04-11 16:01
"Abd Ehamid Kamel, plays a metal clarinet (so the "brass" in the title is quite OK)"
Especially high clarinets have quite a tradition in brass bands. The brassiness comes with the sound, not the material... I've played that gig -- Frank London's band -- with up to three (!) C and Eb clarinets, plus two saxes. Believe me, we didn't sound like a big band. :-)
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Author: vintschevski
Date: 2004-04-12 13:31
Thanks, Buedsma, for tracking down that connection for me, I appreciate that effort on your part. I will contact Mr Fakher Hakima; I must admit to being a little hesitant, however, because I will, firstly, feel obliged to inflict my schoolgirl French on Mr Hakima since he is a resident of Tunisia and has a .fr contact (I'm sure I'll be able to track down that dictionary, just need a little more time), and secondly because I guess the information I was seeking may be disappointingly simple for a gentleman with a Ph D in that area - basically I was just looking for commercially available recordings, but certainly he may be able to help me out there.
Thanks again!
Oh, and by the way, thanks hugely for the links on your site!! I have investigated them before this; they're all great, but I especially enjoyed "Tingluti".
Hoo-roo,
Vintschevski.
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2004-04-14 09:33
i have some more contacts , where you could inform
But may be it is not appropriate to list people's mail adresses and contacts
in public. Let me know if you want those
( a dutch guy knows them , and is willing to inquire further about the clarinet player
here is an extract from the mail
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> I was extremely busy for the last couple of days, I received your messages,
> but I did not really read any of them in details.
> So just now, I read the message about the clarinet player, and the band named
> Hasaballa.
> I do not know the name Abd Elhamid Kamel, I will ask a couple of clarinet
> players I know. But, I heard about The Hasaballah Band.[Ferquet Hassab allah]
> I
> heard about such group in my childhood from my great grandmother, my mother
> etc... and others Hasaballah were the most famous band in the early years of
> the 20th century, they used to play in parks and during all public
> festivities.
> Hasaballah Band has become a term to designate styles of local music that have
> funny/ noisy/ military character. But of course from a musical point of view
> Hasaballa Band participated in establishing a clear local instrumental style,
> and in creating famous compositions that were played in such occasions.
> I understand that the band you are talking about is contemporaneous, but
> there
> must be some resemblance at least in character, if they picked this title for
> their group.
> I will try to find out more details.
>
> Happy Easter, it is a little late,
>
> azza
>
Dear Azza,
Thanks for your reply.
The clarinet player has been identified, thanks to Ahmed Al Magrabi, but the
information on this kind of orchestra is very useful and interesting.
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