SCHEHERAZADE | Al Conti

SCHEHERAZADE (pronounced sheh-hair-uh-zahd) is both the name of the narrator of the legendary age-old tales One-Thousand-and-One Arabian Nights as well as the title of the new Al Conti instrumental album which quickly hit #1 on the international New Age Reporter airplay charts.

The album contains ten original world-fusion tunes that musically tell the story of the storyteller.  The famous tales originated throughout Persia, Arabia and India more than 1,100 years ago, and Conti gives the music a Middle Eastern ambience utilizing the sounds of exotic instruments (hurdy gurdy, udu, sitar, tablas and tribal drums), but making the music appealing to modern audiences by also incorporating piano, violin, cello and acoustic guitar.