Two Rivers

  • Listeners

    574

  • Scrobbles

    4,211

  • Listeners

    574

  • Scrobbles

    4,211

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this album

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Two Rivers
Add artwork
Length
10 tracks, 71:25
Release Date
2011
Two Rivers is jazz master Amir ElSaffar's debut album as a leader; he is a well-seasoned musician in both the jazz world and the classical one. He has performed as a member of pianist Vijay Iyer's celebrated group, and with Cecil Taylor's, he has also played on the front line with the brilliant — if less widely known — alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's group (who returns the favor here). But ElSaffar is also a gifted and well-studied classical musician who has worked with conductor Daniel Barenboim, among others. None of this prepares the listener for Two Ri… read more
Two Rivers is jazz master Amir ElSaffar's debut album as a leader; he is a well-seasoned musician in both the jazz world and the classical one. … read more
Two Rivers is jazz master Amir ElSaffar's debut album as a leader; he is a well-seasoned musician in both the jazz world and the classical one. He has performed as a member of piani… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Menba' (Maqam Bayat) / Jourjina
  • Loading
 11:59 194 listeners
2 Hemayoun
  • Loading
 8:46 297 listeners
3 Shatt al-Arab (Maqam Hadidi)
  • Loading
 6:51 181 listeners
4 Flood (Maqam Hijaz Kar)
  • Loading
 7:34 195 listeners
5 Awj Intro
  • Loading
 2:11 198 listeners
6 Khosh Reng (Maqam Awj)
  • Loading
 7:49 718 listeners
7 Lami Intro
  • Loading
 3:26 174 listeners
8 Diaspora (Maqam Lami)
  • Loading
 5:26 154 listeners
9 Blood and Ink (Maqam Awshar) / Aneen (Maqam Mukh
  • Loading
 11:54 4 listeners
10 The Blues in E Half-Flat
  • Loading
 5:29 205 listeners

Similar Albums

  1. 2,218 listeners

    Amaryllis
    • Loading

  2. 462 listeners

    Life Carries Me This Way
    • Loading

  3. 240 listeners

    Facets
    • Loading

  4. 244 listeners

    Nahadin
    • Loading

  5. 2,614 listeners

    Dual Identity
    • Loading

  6. 1 listener

    مختارات موسيقية من أشهر الأغاني
    • Loading

  7. 5,147 listeners

    Airports For Light
    • Loading

  8. 945 listeners

    EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO BE.
    • Loading

  9. 433 listeners

    Raw Materials
    • Loading

  10. 377 listeners

    Guewel
    • Loading

  11. 48 listeners

    Gonzalez, Dennis: Earth and the Heart (The)
    • Loading

  12. 271 listeners

    (Dance To) The Early Music
    • Loading

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

Amir ElSaffar

3,473 listeners

Related Tags

Trumpeter/composer Amir ElSaffar is a classically trained musician who explores both jazz and traditional Iraqi maqam music. Born in Chicago, IL, in 1977 to an Iraqi father and American mother, ElSaffar grew up listening to an eclectic mix of music that ultimately led to his studying classical music at DePaul University. Having developed an avid interest in jazz, ElSaffar competed in and won the 2001 Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Competition and the 2001 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation Competition. A year later, a trip to Baghdad brought ElSaffar into contact with maste… read more
Trumpeter/composer Amir ElSaffar is a classically trained musician who explores both jazz and traditional Iraqi maqam music. Born in Chicago, IL, in 1977 to an Iraqi father and American mot… read more
Trumpeter/composer Amir ElSaffar is a classically trained musician who explores both jazz and traditional Iraqi maqam music. Born in Chicago, IL, in 1977 to an Iraqi father and American mother, ElSaffar grew up listening to an eclectic… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 747 listeners

    Avatar for Hafez Modirzadeh

  2. 372 listeners

    Avatar for mohamed sawwah

  3. 4,165 listeners

    Avatar for Hijaz

  4. 13,557 listeners

    Avatar for Rudresh Mahanthappa

  5. 2,951 listeners

    Avatar for Harris Eisenstadt

  6. 7,399 listeners

    Avatar for Fieldwork

  7. 2,606 listeners

    Avatar for Henry Threadgill's Zooid

  8. 19,848 listeners

    Avatar for Salah Ragab

  9. 1,730 listeners

    Avatar for Steve Lehman Octet

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss