This is a re-release of the famous Baligh Hamdi & Magid Khan record "Indo-Arabic Variations". This album is a milestone in both arabic and indian music. The idea for this record occured when Baligh Hamdi, famous Egyptian composer, heard the excellent sitar player Magid Khan when Khan visited Cairo. Hamdi had been expanding the horizons of Egyptian music by incorporating organs, electric guitar and saxes since the late fifties and this proved to be a new challenge. The resulting album, with the orchestra of Abdel Halim Hafez with Khan on sitar and added tabla and Tamboura, is a very natural blend between arabic and indian styles. Magid Khan is shredding it seriously on the sitar but the solo’s by the featured egytpian musicians are equally great. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.