Biography

MA Rouf plays traditional Middle Eastern music with Afro-centric and Scandinavian jazz influences.

Marouf Majidi was raised surrounded by a rich Middle Eastern heritage, and he learned early on to play the native stringed instruments, the enchantingly dark-sounding tar and tanbour. Majidi’s current songs travel from Kurdish scenes to Arabic and Scandinavian atmospheres.

Marouf Majidi - tanbour, tar, vocals
Jouni Järvelä -  soprano, alto & tenor saxophones; Eb, Bb and bass clarinets; flute; piano/Pianoteq virtual keyboards, melodica
Mikko Hassinen - drums and percussion
Jukka Haavisto - fretless bass
Special guest Ahoora Mahone - Daf percussion

Tracklist

1. Feather
2. Dancing fakir
3. Blues for Soran
4. All alone
5. Gallop
6. Child
7. Linger
8. you are you
9. The People