SamirCanada - 12-28-2007 at 12:02 PM
this oud is perfect. such a nice sound and the style is my favorite.
Samir Tahar is a really nice player too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWU3W9dW4s
dandana - 12-28-2007 at 12:55 PM
Hi Samir;
Any idea who the maker of this oud is? It sounds Iraki to me, non?
SamirCanada - 12-28-2007 at 09:28 PM
nope... its not Iraqi
its probably a gamil georgis egyptian oud.
the sound is very "arabic" too I dont know which Iraqi oud in particular you thought this sounded like but it doesnt sound Iraqi at all to me.
Usualy we say Iraqi ouds have the floating brige which gives them the more guitar like sound.
Faladel - 12-28-2007 at 11:40 PM
THIS OUD HAS MADE IT JAMEEL KANDALAFT , ALEPPO, I HAVE AN OUD DONE BY MICHEL KHAWWAM Y THE FACE DONE BY JAMEEL AND IT IS THE SAME DESIGN.
zalzal - 12-29-2007 at 02:07 AM
Thanks SamirCanada for the link. It's a very nice taqsim, and agree it is a nice sound and style "à la Farid Atrash"
The same youtube poster ST2340 has more clips on oud and Samir Tahar.
What i like also is that Samir Tahar is algerian (tahya al djazair hourra!) and that he is engaged for human rights and migrants rights.
His web page is here
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/samir.tahar/presentation_en.html
Meursault - 12-29-2007 at 08:00 AM
Samir Tahar has been my favorite oud player for years, and he's a really nice guy, too. I once emailed him just to say how much I liked his playing,
and he sent me all kinds of stuff from Algeria - a poster, cd, handwritten note, etc. I still have all of it.
SamirCanada - 12-29-2007 at 02:14 PM
thanks for the info guys!!
gilgamesh - 12-29-2007 at 03:45 PM
Allah Allah Allah! That is aoud aaraby! 
excentrik - 12-31-2007 at 03:30 AM
nice. Samir- you just it like cuz you have the same name as him...
nice playing though- no lie
man, we all gotta get together again soon and taqasim- fer real- lets set up the oud fest 2008 at my crib- any bay area folks down?
Mike, Lee, Samir, TP, (get yer asses here for a while- you'd love the bay), and all others-
seriously.
tarik
JamesOud - 12-31-2007 at 06:03 PM
The taksim has some moments, but it would certainly help if the instrument was in tune and not so many off notes were hit.
The oud definitel sounds like farid.