Jesse Cook
Nomad
The Story
Guitarist Jesse Cook 2003 CD, "Nomad", features strong flamenco rhythms fused with Arabic and Indian textures, Western pop vocals and hip ambient production values. Cook desribes the music thusly, "It's certainly world music. Some people consider it a kaleidoscope of music of different cultures coming together. Every tune is like a kaleidoscope, you turn the lens and it forms a new picture. You shuffle things around a bit and suddenly you've created something new using often very old ancient music. You're refocusing it by bringing together two forms of music that may have existed together on the planet for hundreds of years but have never been together in the same piece of music." "Nomad" was recorded in a number of studios the world over.
The Music
| 01:45 | Prelude | Instrumental |
| 03:19 | Qadukka-I-Mayyas | Vocal |
| 03:55 | Surrender | Instrumental |
| 03:49 | Early On Tuesday | Vocal |
| 02:03 | Beloved | Instrumental |
| 05:39 | Waiting For Tide | Instrumental |
| 03:35 | Down Like Rain | Vocal |
| 03:44 | Leila | Instrumental |
| 03:13 | Maybe | Vocal |
| 05:30 | Nomad | Instrumental |
| 04:36 | Worlds Away | Instrumental |
| 04:21 | Toca Orilla | Vocal |
The Artists
| Jesse Cook | Guitar, Other Instruments, Production, Engineering, Photography |
| Hossam Ramzy | Arabic Percussion, Egyptian Session Coordination, Percussion |
| Chris Church | Violin, Long Discussions On The True Meaning Of Music, Patented "Melancholy-Meets-Exoticism-Meets-Crushing-Angst" Violin Solo |
| Maryem Tollar | Lead Vocals, Vocals |
| Omneya Tollar | Additional Baby Sounds |
| Saeid Kamal | Solo Violin, Violin |
| Shebl Abdalla | Magrouna |
| Mohammed Naiem | Naey |
| Moheb | Violin |
| Ihab Sobhy | Violin |
| Ihab Tuto | Violin |
| Amer Fouad | Violin |
| Adel Eskander | Violin |
| Yasser Taha | Cello |
| James McNally | Accordian, More Reverb Mass, Whistles, Artistically Dropped Penny Whistles, Bodhran, Keyboards, Kitchen Sink |
| Simon Massey | Drum/Keyboard Programming, Hand-Rolled Cigs, Unbelievably Long Hours In The Studio, Mixing, Tea Master, Engineering |
| Roula Said | Background Vocals |
| Collin Barrett | Bass, Engineering |
| Sam Llanas | Vocals |
| Kurt Neumann | Vocals, Engineering |
| Art Avalos | Percussion, Late Night Testosterone Flicks, Cajas, Djembes, Shakers, Ron Cross' Famous "King Cajon" |
| Mike Ferfolia | Background Vocals |
| Rick Lazar | Arabic and Brazilian Percussion |
| Paul Antonio | Extra Darboukas |
| Danny Wilde | Vocals |
| Paul Antonio | Drums |
| Houda El Sombaty | Vocals |
| Flora Purim | Lead Vocals |
| Alejandra Nunez | Background Vocals |
| N'Faly Kouyate | Kora |
| Simon Emmerson | Production, Keyboard Bass, Far-Beyond-The-Call-Of-Duty Hospitality |
| Johnny Kalsi | Dhol Drum |
| Montse Cortes | Godlike Vocals |
| Francisco Orozco | Caja Solo, Palmas, Jaleo |
| Peter Bond | Additional Tracking |
| Alaa El Kashef | Engineering |
| Javier Limon | Engineering |
| Geoff Gillette | Engineering |
| Carlos De Rosario | Vocal Editing |
| Steve Kultgen | Engineering |
| Mark Kelso | Engineering |
| Trevor Sadler | Mastering |
| Connie Gage | Design, Art Direction |
| Margaret Malandruccolo | Photography |
| Bashiri Johnson | Percussion Loops and Sounds |
| Eric Persing | Percussion Loops and Sounds |
| Kathleen Shea | Photography |
| Studios used: Coach House Music (Toronto), Sonic Innovation Studio 2 (London), Leila Studios (Cairo), Musiquina (Madrid), Visual Rhythm Sound (Alhambra, CA), Remote Planet (Milwaukee), Shydog Studio (Austin), Groovy Drums Studio (Toronto), 20 Hz Sound Studios (Toronto).
Mastered at Mastermind Productions. |
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