Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival

Infobox Album
Name = Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival
Type = Live Album
Artist = Ofra Haza


Released = 1998, 2005
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Progressive electronic music, World music
Length = 74:03
Label = Locust Music
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfrxqtsldde]
Last album = "Ofra Haza"
(1997)
This album = "Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival"
(1998)
Next album = "Forever Ofra Haza - Her Greatest Songs Remixed"
(2008)

Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival is a 1998 album by Israeli singer Ofra Haza. The recording which captures Haza and a five-piece band live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1990 comprises material from her international studio albums "Shaday" and "Desert Wind", including hit singles like "Im Nin' Alu", "Galbi", "Shaday", "Ya Ba Ye", as well as Yemeni Jewish traditionals and the accapella performance of "Love Song" with lyrics from "The Song of Songs".

The album was first issued in 1998 and re-released internationally on the Locust Music label in 2005.

Track listing

#"Im Nin' Alu" (Shabazi) - 4:00
#"Hilwi" (Traditional) - 3:55
#"Eshal" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:31
#"Asalk" (Amram, Shabazi) - 5:13
#"Taw Shi" (Aloni, Dolby, Haza) - 4:07
#"Fatamorgana (Mirage)" (Aloni, Haza) 4:48
#Medley: "Galbi"/"Wen Esalam"/"Ayooma" (Aloni, Amram, Haza, Traditional) - 16:03
#"Rassa" (Aloni, Haza) - 3:03
#"Shaday" (Aloni, Haza) - 6:21
#"La Fa La" (Shabazi) - 8:29
#"Love Song" (Aloni, Traditional) - 2:57
#"Ya Ba Ye" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:49
#"Kaddish" (Aloni, Haza) - 5:37

Personnel

* Ofra Haza - lead vocals
* Aric Person - flute, saxophone
* Haim Cotton - keyboards
* Tzour Ben Zeev - electric bass
* Jim Mussen - drums
* Danny Sidounick - congas, bongos, timbales, percussion