Dr Abdel Latif Gohar الدكتور جوهر – Raks El Nile
Another discovery from the vaults of Ian Nagoski / Canary Records recently resurfaced in his Bandcamp treasury - a collection of four of Dr Gohar's recordings, titled 'Egyptian Buzuq Solos ca. 1950s.' This is track 2.
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/egyptian-buzuq-solos-ca-1950s
From the album description:
"Abdel Latif Gohar was an ophthalmologist with a private practice and in the Egyptian military where he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Dedicated to music, he started as a violinist before taking up the buzuq, the long-necked, steel stringed lute. Nizar Ismael tells us that he also "founded a weekly music salon from the 1950s-70s. Sonbati, Abdel Wahab, Farid Atrash, and many other prominent musicians were regulars."
During a visit to London for a medical conference, he performed on the Arabic service of the BBC, and in the early '70s two further performances were issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. The origin of the four performances issued here by the New York Al-Chark label remain unclear.
credits
Transfers and restorations: Ian Nagoski
Thank you; Nizar Ismael
Cover photo via Akram N. Al-Rayess"