Watch This Jazz Chord become an Arabic Maqam

Play any "Dominant 7 #11" chord (add 9 & 13) on a 24-TET (Tone Equal Temperament) keyboard and you'll get the Arabic maqam of Rast.

HILAL

Remixed and Produced by Tarek Yamani
Video directed by Ali J. Dalloul

“Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony” by Flee Project

BERYTUS for String Quartet

Written by Tarek Yamani

Performed by Spektral Quartet

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by Rob Garratt

SKYLINES AHEAD for String Quartet + Darbuka

Written by Tarek Yamani

Performed by Spektral Quartet & Khaled Yassine

HALA LAND live in studio

from "Peninsular"
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Tarek Yamani: Piano, Compositions
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Wahid Mubarak: Khaliji Percussion

Video by Rawad El Hachem

Find "Peninsular" in all digital stores including: iTunes: http://bit.ly/itunespeninsular Google Play: http://bit.ly/googlepeninsular Amazon: http://bit.ly/amazonpeninsular CD BABY: http://bit.ly/cdbabypeninsular (physical) Tarek Yamani: Piano, Quarter Tone Keys, Compositions Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass Khaled Yassine: Drums Wahid Mubarak: Khaliji Percussion (not pictured) Produced by Tarek Yamani Video by Rawad El Hachem "Peninsular" is a commission by the Abu Dhabi Festival Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1zYYZY0 Stay in touch: http://facebook.com/tarekyamani http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani

KING MATAR

Music by Tarek Yamani

Video by Ali J. Dalloul

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Aaron Davis Hall

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Sam Minaie: Bass
John Davis: Drums

Ah Ya Zein (Afro Dabke Style)
Sama’i Yamani
Ashur
Chemali Wali
New Dabke

New York / November 16, 2018

QuarterToned

Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" over Miles Davis' "So What" re-imagined in Arabic maqam.

Bud Powell's "Dance of the Infidels" re-imagined in E half-flat (Huzam) and over Khaleeji Khobeiti rhythm.

Muwashah Hobbi Zurni موشح حِبِّي زُرْني composed by Darwich Al Hariri (Cairo, b. 1881) Tarek Yamani: Piano Russell Hall: Bass Ari Hoenig: Drums Live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, New York June 11th, 2018 Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1zYYZY0 http://facebook.com/tarekyamani http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Russell Hall: Bass
Ari Hoenig: Drums

Muwashah Hibbi Zurni
موشح حِبِّي زُرْني
composed by
Darwich Al Hariri (Cairo, b. 1881)

New York / June 11th, 2018

Bach on Inverted Keyboard

J. S. Bach's French Suite No. 4 transforms into a haunting new piece when performed on an inverted keyboard.

Here's a 360 look at Beirut-born pianist, Tarek Yamani's fusion of Jazz and Arabic rhythm from his recent performance at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium.

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at Atrium - Lincoln Center

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Sam Minaie: Bass
Jean John: Drums

Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)

New York, March 2018

International Jazz Day 2019

Vocalist Somi (USA) performs her composition "Lady Revisited" alongside Cievash Arian (Iran, nay), Brian Blade (USA, drums), Igor Butman (Russia, tenor saxophone), Tineke Postma (The Netherlands, alto saxophone), Chico Pinheiro (Brazil, guitar), Tarek Yamani (Lebanon, piano) and others as part of the International Jazz Day 2019 Global Host Celebration in Melbourne, Australia.

Tarek Yamani Trio
live at National Sawdust

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Russell Hall: Bass
Jonathan Barber: Drums

00:00 Sama'i Yamani
09:36 Drum Interlude
12:36 Ashur
21:38 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)

Brooklyn, New York
February 1st, 2018

Tarek Yamani: Piano Russell Hall: Bass Jonathan Barber: Drums 00:00 Sama'i Yamani 09:36 Drum Interlude 12:36 Ashur 21:38 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) Live at National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York February 1st, 2018 Curated by Kinan Azmeh Shot by Tim Morrish Edited by Tarek Yamani Sound by Bilal Yamani Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1zYYZY0 http://facebook.com/tarekyamani http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani

Tarek Yamani & Peninsular
live at Abu Dhabi Festival

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Khalifa Al Jassem: Percussion
Khamis Safar: Percussion
Mishal Al Rubary: Percussion
Hussein Chaaban: Percussion
Mohamad Atiq: Percussion

Videos in playlist:

Samrias
Ayyala Cubana

Order the album "Peninsular": iTunes: http://bit.ly/itunespeninsular Googleplay: http://bit.ly/googlepeninsular Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifypeninsular Samrias (Tarek Yamani) Tarek Yamani: Piano Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass Khaled Yassine: Drums Khalifa Al Jassem: Percussion Khamis Safar: Percussion Mishal Al Rubary: Percussion Hussein Chaaban: Percussion Mohamad Atiq: Percussion Live at the Abu Dhabi Festival, March 2017 NYUAD Arts Center Camera: Samer Arzouni Issam Saadaneh Walid Baaklini Editing: Bilal Yamani Issam Saadaneh Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1zYYZY0 http://facebook.com/tarekyamani http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani

PENINSULAR behind the scenes

Tarek Yamani: Piano, Compositions
Elie Afif: Acoustic Bass
Khaled Yassine: Drums
Wahid Mubarak: Khaliji Percussion
Ahmad Abdel Rahim: Khaliji Percussion
Adil Abdallah: Guest Vocals

Video by Rawad El Hachem

Commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Festival

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Ah Ya Zein (Afro Dabke Style) Tarek Yamani: Piano Simon Tailleu: Bass Ariel Tessier: Drums Live at Sunside, Paris 01 October 2016 Video by Jad Salameh "Lisan Al Tarab" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lisan-al-tarab-jazz-conceptions/id913136844 Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1zYYZY0 Facebook: http://facebook.com/tarekyamani Twitter: http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani Instagram: http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani

Ah Ya Zein (Afro-Dabke Style)

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Simon Tailleu: Bass
Ariel Tessier: Drums

Sunside Jazz Club,
Paris

I Love You (Cole Porter)

Tarek Yamani: Piano
Petros Klampanis: Bass
Evan Sherman: Drums

Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institute
Washington DC

Live at Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC December 6th, 2014 I Love You (Cole Porter) Tarek Yamani: Piano Petros Klampanis: Bass Evan Sherman: Drums Captured on iPhone by Rania Hoteit http://tarekyamani.com http://facebook.com/tarekyamani http://instagram.com/tarek_yamani http://soundcloud.com/tarekyamani http://twitter.com/tarek_yamani

Lahn Al Shayalin (HD) Piano Solo

composed by Sayed Darwish

cinematography by Demetrius Wren

The Spectrum, NYC