Rabih Abou-Khalil

Rabih Abou-Khalil is a Lebanese oud player and composer. He occasionally performs on flute.

He has often blended traditional Arab music and Turkish music with jazz, and has earned praise such as "a world musician yea

Rabih Abou-Khalil is a Lebanese oud player and composer. He occasionally performs on flute.

He has often blended traditional Arab music and Turkish music with jazz, and has earned praise such as "a world musician years before the phrase became a label — makes the hot, staccato Middle Eastern flavour and the seamless grooves of jazz mingle as if they were always meant to." Together with Anouar Brahem he has helped highlight the oud as a vehicle of eclectic "world jazz".