The Path Beyond
/ Tim Rayborn
Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Music
from Medieval Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, and the Balkans
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Kalamindar
2002
[64:03]
1. Quen â Virgen ben servir [4:09] 
CSM 59
Cantiga de Santa Maria # 59, Anonymous,13 th century Spain
2. Yedi [3:45]
3. Psithyros [3:16]
4. Galata [4:24]
5. Tas [3:58]
6. Szosztar mange [2:56] sung
Traditional Hungarian Gypsy
7. Sehtâr dastan [4:06]
8. Koron [4:38]
9. Hij'dah noh [3:01]
10. Osman Pasha [5:37] sung
Traditional Turkish
11. Cuando El Rey Nimrod [6:03]
Traditional Sephardic Jewish from North Africa
12. Taksim saz [5:22]
13. Haf'dah [3:26]
14. Taqsim ‘ud [4:01]
15. En el vettem [4:27] sung
Traditional Hungarian
Tim Rayborn
‘ud, medieval harp, saz, kaval, psaltery, qanun, sehtâr, tar, riqq, doumbek, zarb, naqqarat, voice
Recorded and mixed by Jim Heiman, Hypercussion Studio, Berkeley, CA, December, 2000 - January, 2001
A 24-bit digital recording
Mastered by Ken Lee, Oakland, CA, March, 2001 Cover photographs by Victoria Rozycki
Produced by Tim Rayborn
Photograph of Tim Rayborn by Don Melandry
CD designed by John Waller and Tim Rayborn
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for full descriptions of the music and instruments used on this recording.
The music on this recording comes from many regions that historically
had contact with the Arabic and Islamic world, and often were Muslim
themselves, especially in the medieval and Ottoman periods.
Five songs are of historical and traditional origin, while the others
are improvisations or compositions that reflect the spirit of that same
ancient heritage. Some of the original pieces were composed first,
while others were improvised during recording, capturing music the
moment it was created. Improvising remains a common musical practice
throughout many traditional cultures.
The album's title refers to both the “path beyond” the Arabic
geographical center of Islamic culture and influence to these other
lands, as well as “beyond” in the spiritual sense of leaving the
mundane path of everyday life to travel the mystic path.