Donna Khalife, Marita Sbeih, Tagreed Darghouth, Raghda Allouche, Roya Semaan, Naima Yazbek, Lama Kabbanji, Nisrine Yassine, and Lama Abou Ali, with Donna also supplying the piano. Frankly, their take on “Strollin’” strikes me as a little flat-footed, but their “Blue Monk” is quite sprightly. Anyone doing bop vocals in Lebanon in 2017 is an inspiration to us all. Posted by Loustic Sessions.
For comparison purposes, I’m including Mingus’ wonderful version of “Strollin’”, with Honi Gordon doing the vocal, recorded in 1959, but not released until 1999.
HI Alan: I enjoyed reading your comments on the election;! There must be some way to make it more efficient,. Good article in todays NYTimes about this. Also I really loved the recording of Charlie Mingus “Strollin;. We are having a very small thanksgiving this year. Hope you and the rest of the family are well. Love,Peggy