Inspired by a concert in Cairo by Randy Weston in 1967 encouraging PanAfrican unity, drummer Ragab, Eduard 'Edu' Vizvari, a Czech jazz musician, and Hartmut Geerken of Goethe Institut vowed to create Egypt's first jazz big band. Following the Arab-Israeli war, Ragab became a Major in the Egyptian army and had unparalleled access to the military's 3000 musicians spanning Upper and Lower Egypt, along with a wide range of instruments. Part of the barracks were christened the Jazz House and, following a crash course in jazz history by Geerken, the Cairo Jazz Band was born, playing their first concert at Ewart Memorial Hall at the American University in 1969.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Oriental Mood

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.45

2.Dawn

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

8.04

3.Mervat

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.17

4.Ramadan in Space Time

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.2

5.Kleopatra

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

5.04

6.Neveen

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

7.54

7.Egypt Strut

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.52

8.A Tribute to Sun Ra

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

3.22

9.Khan Al-Kaleely

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.54

10.Black Butterfly

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.04

11.Latino in Cairo

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

3.55

12.Upper Egypt 'The King's Valley'

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

5.46

13.The Crossing

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

2.53

14.Calling You

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

15.Kleopatra

Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band

4.52

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