{{Infobox album| | name = Blue Camel | type = Album | artist = Rabih Abou-Khalil | cover = Blue Camel.jpg | alt = | released = 1992 | recorded = May 19–21, 1992 | venue = | studio = Sound Studio N, Köln, Germany | genre = Jazz, world music | length = 60:59 | label = Enja<br><small>ENJ 7053</small> | producer = Rabih Abou-Khalil | chronology = Rabih Abou-Khalil | prev_title = Al-Jadida | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Tarab | next_year = 1993 }}
'''''Blue Camel''''' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil. The album fuses traditional Arabic music with jazz. It was recorded in 1992 and released on the Enja label.<ref name="Enja discography">[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Enja_7000.htm Enja Records main series discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829054538/http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Enja_7000.htm |date=2016-08-29 }} accessed June 18, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.amarokprog.net/groupes_4267.html Rabih Abou-Khalil discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618052624/http://www.amarokprog.net/groupes_4267.html |date=2018-06-18 }} accessed June 18, 2018</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} The AllMusic review by Kurt Keefner stated "''Blue Camel'' is the pinnacle to date of Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil's achievement as a jazzman. In both mood and scope, it can almost be characterized as a new ''Kind of Blue''. Both tense and reflective, it is perfect for listening after midnight ... ''Blue Camel'' may not be a perfect album, but it demonstrates better than any other that a fusion between jazz and a musical form from another culture is possible and can work to the advantage of both. Plus, it's just great listening".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Kurt |last=Keefner |class=album |id=mw0000616711 |title= Rabih Abou-Khalil: ''Blue Camel'' – Review |accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref> Metal Reviews said "The album glories in crafting a successful blend of Arabian music and jazz: a very homogeneous and enjoyable fusion with enough shift in mood and method to keep things interesting".<ref>Misha, [https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/3803 Metal Reviews: album review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618053054/https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/3803 |date=2018-06-18 }} accessed June 18, 2018</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Rabih Abou-Khalil # "Sahara" – 8:18 # "Tsarka" – 6:45 # "Ziriab" – 6:49 # "Blue Camel" – 8:20 # "On Time" – 6:19 # "A Night in the Mountains" – 8:37
==Personnel== *Rabih Abou-Khalil – oud *Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn, trumpet *Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone *Steve Swallow – bass *Ramesh Shotham – South Indian drums, percussion *Milton Cardona – congas *Nabil Khaiat – frame drums
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Category:Rabih Abou-Khalil albums Category:1992 albums Category:Enja Records albums