Hossam Ramzy
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Hossam Ramzy (Arabic: حسام رمزى ) is a professional percussionist and arranger.
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[edit] Biography
Ramzy was born in Cairo, Egypt. His musical career began at the age of three when he was given his first drum, an Egyptian traditional tabla. Hossam was encouraged by his artistic family to master his craft and studied under leading Cairo music teachers. When he moved to Saudi Arabia he joined several Bedouin tribes which gave him a rich insight into the cultural origins of Middle Eastern music and became the inspiration for many of his later rhythmic directions.
In the mid-1970s Hossam moved to England and enjoyed great success as a jazz drummer, working with many respected jazz musicians including Andy Shepperd and Geoff Williams. As he began looking for new dimensions of percussive sounds, he turned back to Egyptian Drums, and traditional dance rhythms of the Middle East.
Hossam also creates many new sounds from the old traditional grooves and Arabian & North African samples and loops using his state-of-the-art digital studio.
Hossam's No# 1 hit Edony that topped the dance charts worldwide in 2001. His percussion, North African string arrangements and exciting rhythms caught the attention of Peter Gabriel and Hossam was invited to perform on Passion and later Us.
Hossam has gone on to work with many musicians including Joan Armatrading and Mary Wilson. Hossam creates string arrangements and percussion, and produces many songs for world artists such as: Yesim Salkim, Celick Erici, Khaled, Tarkan, Rachid Taha, Faudel, The Gipsy Kings and Youssou N'dour.
[edit] Discography
- Flying Carpet
- Medina
- El Amar
[edit] Awards
In 1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (ex-Led Zeppelin) invited Hossam work on their reunion album 'No Quarter - Unledded' with other Arabian musicians, he was awarded a gold, then a platinum disc for his work on the album. This led to his joining Page & Plant on their historic reunion 1995/96 world tour.
Hossam was awarded a platinum disc for being a top selling artist of ARC Music Record Company, during their 25th Anniversary in 2001.
