Hossam Ramzy
Hossam Ramzy حسام رمزي | |
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Born | Cairo, Egypt | 15 December 1953
Died | 10 September 2019 Brazil | (aged 65)
Instrument(s) | Traditional Egyptian Darbuka, Zills, The Mazhar |
Years active | 1970–2019 |
Labels | ARC Music |
Hossam Ramzy (
Early life and career
Ramzy was born into a wealthy
In 1994 he returned to his roots and formed a ten piece Egyptian ensemble that performed on the album
In 2000, Timbaland sampled his version of "Khosara", an Egyptian song by Abdel Halim Hafez, for the Jay-Z song "Big Pimpin'". After 2000 Ramzy increasingly began to work arranging music for pop stars. In 2005 he arranged some songs for Ricky Martin's album Life and he worked with Shakira on her album She Wolf. He also contributed two songs to the soundtrack for the film Prince of Persia and one to the soundtrack for Conan the Barbarian.
His last album titled
Personal life
Hossam lived in London and Cairo. He is survived by his three children Louvaine, Omayma and Amir.[8] He made a cameo appearance in the 1993 film Son of the Pink Panther.
Awards
- 1999 New Age Voice Award for Best Contemporary World Music for Immortal Egypt
Selected discography
- 1989 - Passion (Peter Gabriel)
- 1994 - No Quarter
- 1994 - Best of Farid Al Atrash (ARC Music)
- 1994 - Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz (ARC Music)
- 1994 - Best of Oum Kalthoum (ARC Music)
- 1994 - Best of Mohammed Abdul Wahab (ARC Music)
- 1994 - Baladi Plus (ARC Music)
- 1994 - Sultaan (ARC Music)
- 1995 - Egyptian Rai (ARC Music)
- 1995 - Source of Fire (ARC Music)
- 1996 - Gamaal Rawhany (Soulful Beauty) - an album of Modern Egyptian Belly Dance (ARC Music)
- 1996 - Eternal Egypt
- 1996 - Ahlamy - with saxophonist Rafat Misso (ARC Music)
- 1996 - Eclectic - with Big Country (Castle Music)
- 1997 - Best of Hossam Ramzy
- 1998 - Messiah Meets Progenitor
- 1998 - Ro-He - with Essam Rashad (ARC Music)
- 1998 - Rhythms of the Nile (ARC Music)
- 1998 - Immortal Egypt
- 2000 - Amar
- 2000 - Sabla Tolo — Journeys into Pure Egyptian Percussion (ARC Music)
- 2002 - Faddah (ARC Music)
- 2002 - Qanun El Tarab (ARC Music)
- 2003 - Flamenco Arabe (ARC Music)
- 2003 - Hossam Ramzy Presents Egyptian Sufi Sheikh Mohamed Al Helbawy (ARC Music)
- 2003 - Hossam Ramzy Presents Dalinda - Turquoise (ARC Music)
- 2004 - Enchanted Egypt
- 2007 - Bedouin Tribal Dance (ARC Music)
- 2007 - Secrets of the Eye (ARC Music)
- 2007 - Sabla Tolo II (ARC Music)
- 2008 - Sabla Tolo III (ARC Music)
- 2009 - Ruby (ARC Music)
- 2011 - Rock the Tabla (ARC Music)
- 2013 - Songs from Libya (ARC Music)
References
- ^ Hijazi, Muhammad (25 July 1992). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. p. 36.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (14 June 1989). "The Pop Life". New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ Catlin, Roger (19 October 1995). "Saturday Afternoon". Hartford Courant. p. 15.
- ^ Kot, Greg (28 April 1995). "Blues Tinged Hip-Hop: G. Love Updates the Delta Sound". Chicago Tribune. p. O.
- ^ "Enchanted Egypt: An Interview with Phil Thornton". New World Music. November 2004.
- ISBN 1-84353-551-3.
- ^ Takiff, Jonathan (13 September 2011). "Upcoming: Country, blues-jazz blends". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ Reid, Graham (7 October 2004). "Gift from Egypt to the globe". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
External links
- Hossam Ramzy at IMDb