East Loop album coming out in 2025! Stay tuned.

Breaking down barriers

The East Loop is a boundary-pushing instrumental music ensemble that combines Jazz and Maqam and likes to improvise. Lead by award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Wanees Zarour. The original compositions embrace the intersections of traditions, and expands the parameters of both to create an innovative sound and a unique musical journey.

The band is composed of a full rhythm section; piano, guitar, bass, drums and percussion, in addition to a horn section (saxophone, trombone), buzuq and oud. Wanees Zarour & East Loop expect to release the debut album of this project, “Silwan” in 2025.

Listen here to Wanees Zarour chatting with Audrey Q Snyder on her podcast, Audpod about the East Loop project.