Biography
Hamza El Din (Arabic حمزة علاء الدين) (July 10, 1929 – May 22, 2006) was an Egyptian Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist. He was born in southern Egypt and was an internationally known musician of his native region Nubia, situated on both sides of the Egypt–Sudan border. After musical studies in Cairo, he lived and studied in Italy, Japan and the United States. El Din collaborated with a wide variety of musical performers, including Sandy Bull, the Kronos Quartet and the Grateful Dead.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
182 releases · 37 albums · active 1964–2025
- Performance · 327
- Other credits · 291
- Production · 5
Studios: Celestial Sound, San Francisco, CA · Iruma Shimin Kaikan · Gizah Sound & Light Theater · Capitol Theatre, New Jersey
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Grateful Dead
- Kronos Quartet
- Killing Time (4)
- Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings
- The Sufi Choir
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Mickey Hart