The"popular jazz" of Egypt, Baladi is the soundtrack of Cairo and Alxandria in the 1950s. It is urban Egyptian dance music at its most dynamic.Guy Schalom reunites the all-star team of Egyptian master musicians with two key additions: master percussionist Hassan Reevis and klezmer luminary Frank London on trumpet.Quotes:“Outstanding, fresh and compelling as well as technically superb… absolutely spot on” fROOTS“Schalom has just the right touch” All About JazzMusicians:Guy Schalom: darabuka(Natacha Atlas, Musicians of the Nile, Mahmoud Fadl, the Klezmatics, David Krakauer, Konsonans Retro)with:“Sheik” Taha: quarter-tone accordion(Ahmed Adaweia, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Fifi Abdou, Tahia Cariocca)Ahmed El Saidi: oriental sax(Ali Hassan Kuban, Salamat, Shams Hussein)Hassan Reevis: duff(Abdel Halim Hafez, Ahmed Adaweia)Adam Warne: riq & mazhar(Nizar Rohana, Los Desterrados, Jadid Ensemble)and special guest:Frank London: trumpet(the Klezmatics, Frank London‟s Klezmer Brass Allstars, Maurice El Medioni)