JAZZMAN RECORDS RELEASES A SALAH RAGAB 7" SET

Salah Ragab formed the first jazz big band in Egypt (The Cairo Jazz Band) in 1968. He was also the leader of the Military Music Departments in Heliopolis and some of the best musicians in Egypt of that time were members of the band.


Salah Ragab invited Sun Ra to Egypt in 1971 and in 1983 and 1984, and he accompanied Sun Ra on a tour in Egypt, Greece, France and Spain in 1984.
He died in July 2008 in Cairo at age 72.


In 2010, the Art Yard label released "Egyptian Jazz".
And now, housed in a triangle- / pyramid shaped package, Jazzman Records is releasing a 2 x 7" set with unreleased material.

• salah ragab: black butterfly
  (2012, 2 x 7", uk, jazzman)