Background
He was born in Cairo and has mostly worked there.
He was born in Cairo and has mostly worked there.
As of May 2010 he had published a dozen albums. The musicians he works with are usually Egyptian also. His music doesn"t fit an established genre label, but on one of his albums he calls it "Egyptian Jazz"—a label suffering from the diversity of music that may be called Jazz.
Despite having a fair amount of Arabic Takht aethetics, his music has more appeal in Europe than in the Arab world, as evidenced by where his presence and absence is on the Internet today.
Albums currently in print include Sabil (1991), Sagate (1997), Sajaya (1997), Nil Sangit (1999), Suite "al Ganûb" (1999, 3-Civil Defense set), Monaga (2001), Azraq (2002), Dayra Jazz (2002), Neel Dhun (2008), Zafir (2008).