Hossam Ramzy
Egyptian native Hossam Ramzy is the leader and chief percussionist of Pharaoh's Egyptian Ensemble, best known to Western listeners as the backing group featured on Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's No Quarter tour and album. Ramzy began playing the darabouka (Egyptian tabla) at a young age, much to his father's dismay. He moved to Saudi Arabia as a teenager, learning his craft while supporting himself by playing trap drums for radio and television programs. In 1975, he moved to England to study jazz drumming for a while, and eventually recorded an album called Introduction to Egyptian Dance Rhythms. Peter Gabriel heard the record and invited Ramzy to play on Passion, his soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ. Before embarking on the Page/Plant tour, Ramzy also worked with Joan Armatrading, Marc Almond, Electric Light Orchestra, Debbie Harry, and Killing Joke. His Pharaoh's Egyptian Ensemble has also recorded over a dozen albums, on which Ramzy attempts to present Egyptian and Arabic music he hopes Western audiences will be able to understand and appreciate through his arrangements, rhythm choices, mixing touches, and tempos. In 2000, Ramzy released Sabla Tolo: Journeys Into Pure Egyptian Percussion and El Amar. Gypsies of the Nile-Rahhal followed in early 2001.
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Sabla Tolo - Journeys Into Pure Egyptian Percussion (Hossam Ramzy)
Orient - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.01.2000
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Masters of Percussion
Joji Hirota, Sarvar Sabri, Miguel Castro, Hossam Ramzy, Emmanuel Nii Okai Tagoe, Pete Lockett
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.01.2008
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Source of Fire
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.01.1995
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EL BERENCESA
Orient - Erschienen bei Drumzy Music Productions am 25.06.2018
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The Best of Flamenco Arabe
Hossam Ramzy, José Luis Montón, Rafa El Tachuela
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 24.08.2018
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Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 21.06.1994
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Egyptian Bellydance: Afrah baladi (Hossam Ramzy)
Orient - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.02.2010
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Sabla Tolo II (Hossam Ramzy)
Orient - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.02.2010
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Masters of Percussion, Vol. 3
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.02.2010
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Immortal Egypt
World Music - Erschienen bei New World Music Ltd. am 01.06.1998
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Rock the Tabla (Hossam Ramzy)
Orient - Erschienen bei ARC am 02.08.2011
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Jason Carter and Ragatal: Elements
Jason Carter, Ragatal, Hossam Ramzy
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 26.04.2001
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Discover Bellydance with ARC Music
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 26.05.2015
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Eternal Egypt
World Music - Erschienen bei New World Music Ltd. am 01.01.1996
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Flamenco Arabe (Hossam Ramzy)
Hossam Ramzy, Rafa El Tachuela
Klassik - Erschienen bei ARC am 25.03.2003
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Rhythms of the Nile: Introduction to Egyptian Dance Rhythms
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei ARC am 29.07.2016
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Arabic Café
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 28.02.2020
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Popular Turkish Folk Songs
Vivienne Dogan-Corringham, George Hadjineophytou, Hossam Ramzy
World Music - Erschienen bei ARC am 01.01.1991
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Bellydance for Fitness and Fun
World Music - Erschienen bei New World Music Ltd. am 09.12.2011
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Baladi Plus (Hossam Ramzy)
Orient - Erschienen bei ARC am 03.01.2012
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