Esau. Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 (edited) I haven't read anything posted here about this yet. Hamza El Din passed away the other day. Sad news. http://www.hamzaeldin.com/ http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news Hamza El Din, musician and composer, dies at age 76 Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. - Hamza El Din, a musician and composer who helped popularize ancient traditional songs from North Africa, has died. He was 76. El Din died Monday at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, said hospital spokeswoman Carolyn Kemp. His wife, Nadra, told The New York Times the cause of death was complications after surgery. El Din played a six-string lute known as an oud, which he accompanied by his reedy voice. A cosmopolitan musician who taught ethnomusicology, his songs reflected extensive research into the traditions of Nubia, an ancient North African kingdom on the upper Nile River. He was born in 1929 in Egypt, in what had been the territory of ancient Nubia. After El Din's hometown of Toshka was flooded following the building of a dam in the 1960s, he became determined to preserve the culture of that region. El Din studied music at Ibrahim Shafiq's Institute of Music and at the King Fouad Institute for Middle Eastern Music. He also traveled by donkey through villages in Egypt, where he collected Nubian songs. El Din performed at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 and recorded two albums for the folk label Vanguard in 1964 and 1965. Mickey Hart, a drummer with the rock band the Grateful Dead, helped produce another album, "Eclipse." El Din helped arrange a now historic Grateful Dead performance at the Great Pyramids in Egypt in 1978. He toured regularly, performing quietly intense solo concerts, and appeared at major festivals throughout the world. He performed dressed in white and wore a white turban. He taught at Ohio University, the University of Washington and the University of Texas. He played with ensembles including the Kronos Quartet. He lived on and off in the San Francisco Bay area. Hamza El Din - "The Water Wheel" (mp3) (21 minutes) Heres some links to Grateful Dead shows with Hamza (although not all). I really enjoy the 1990 show, Hamza & Jerry is amazing. 09-14-78 Gizah Sound and Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt 09-15-78 Gizah Sound and Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt 09-16-78 Gizah Sound and Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt 12-30-86 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, Ca. 12-31-90 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, Ca. 12-31-90 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, Ca (nugs.net version) Heres a list of a few others you can check out. 10-21-78 Winterland Arena, San Francisco, Ca. 10-22-78 Winterland Arena, San Francisco, Ca. 11-24-78 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, N.J. 12-30-78 Pauley Pavilion, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, Ca. 08-05-79 Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, Ca. 03-13-85 Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, Ca. 03-17-88 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, Ca 12-27-90 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, Ca. Edited May 28, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 . Thanks for the links - will savour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 indeed, greg. no better way to commemorate the man's passing than with music...i think that jerry has another friend to jam with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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