About Amir ElSaffar
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.
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Top Tracks
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Mono Esa Tono
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Khosh Reng (Maqam Awj)
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Hyper Steps
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Transformations
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Hemayoun
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Dhuha
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Awj Intro
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The Blues in E Half-Flat
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Dumuzi's Dream
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Flood (Maqam Hijaz Kar)
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Menba' (Maqam Bayat) / Jourjina
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Reaching Upward
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Lami Intro
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March
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Ashaa
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Venus, the Evening Star
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Diaspora (Maqam Lami)
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Al-Badia
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Concentric
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Ishtarum
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Shatt al-Arab (Maqam Hadidi)
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Nid Qablitum
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Autumn Comes
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Inana's Dance (I, II, III)
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Lightning Flash
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Lady of Heaven
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Love Poem
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Infinite Variety
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Inana's Dance (IV)
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Orientations I-V
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The Great Dictator
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12 Cycles
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Journey to the Underworld
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Blood and Ink (Maqam Awshar) / Aneen (Maqam Mukhalif)
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Embubum - Ishtarum - Pitum
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Medmi (Epilogue)
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Taqsim Saba
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The Third Time
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Introduction - From the Ashes
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Balad
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Quartal
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Venus, the Morning Star
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Love Poem (Complete)
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Flyover Iraq
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Athar Kurd
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Five Phases
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Flood
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Kosh Reng
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Tipping Point
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Khosh Reng
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