However yesterday I did make it over to the ARAB OUD HOUSE, and hung out with some players there who we very welcoming. My feeling there was totally
different than it was last year when I was very disappointed. The guys there just came out and admited that there they do everything: Arab, Turkish,
Jazz, Western.... everything. And Turkey was critisized for only playing Turkish style.
I can see now that that is what I really prefer about Istanbul, that you really get the real Turkish pure style there. Here in Cairo they are much
more open and they mix everything together. It is not so easy to find the original Egyptian style anymore. . . . |