Ofra Haza at Montreux Jazz Festival

Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival
Live album by Ofra Haza
Released 1998, 2005
Recorded Montreux, Switzerland
(July 1990)
Genre Progressive electronic music, World music
Length 74:03
Label Locust Music
Ofra Haza chronology
Ofra Haza
(1997)
Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival
(1998)
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, Yemenite Songs and Desert Wind, including hit singles like "Im Nin' Alu", "Galbi", "Shaday", "Ya Ba Ye", as well as Yemeni Jewish traditionals and the a cappella 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. The live concert film released in 2007.

Track listing

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

Personnel

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