A double bill at DROM with Kinan Azmeh. Layale Chaker and Sarafand will be on stage playing our new album Inner Rhyme, and Kinan will be presenting a new trio with John Hadfield and Erdem Helvacioglu. #LayaleChakerSarafand #LayaleChaker #Sarafand #KinanAzmeh #DROM #NYCMusic #Violin #Clarinet #Cello #Piano #Percussion #ZiyaTabassian #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #PhillipGolub #NickDunston #AdamMaalouf #Jazz #InnerRhyme #jazz

For your consideration! ´Inner Rhyme’ is on the ballot for the first round of considerations to the 62nd Grammy Awards in the category Best World Music Album. We are so proud of this album, which was made with a lot of love, and gathered so much love and support around it as well. Please consider voting if you are a voting member! #LayaleChaker #LayaleChakerSarafand #Sarafand #InnerRhyme #Grammys #GrammyAwards #JakeCharkey #PhillipGolub #NickDunston #AdamMaalouf #InaCircleRe

I had a wonderful time playing Inner Rhyme with Layale Chaker, Phillip Golub, Adam Maalouf and Marouen Allam today at WNYC Soundcheck. Thanks to Jon Schaefer for having us and Johnny Gandelsman for making it happen. #NewYorkPublicRadio #LayaleChakerSarafand #LayaleChaker #PhillipGolub #AdamMaalouf #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #NYCMusic #Poetry #BrooklynMusic #PublicRadio #InnerRhyme #Jazz #WNYC #MarouenAllam

I performed last night with Layale Chaker & Sarafand to release our new album, 'Inner Rhyme' at the Stone. The heating was out so we wore scarves, but the music warmed up the place pretty quick. I love playing with these guys! Layale Chaker (violin, composition) Jake Charkey (cello) Phillip Golub (piano) Nick Dunston (bass) Adam Maalouf (percussion) "Layale Chaker's Inner Rhyme is a distinguished addition to the catalogue of In a Circle Records, the imprint founded in 2008

I'm so happy to announce the upcoming release of Inner Rhyme, the debut album of Sarafand, our band led by my extremely talented friend Layale Chaker on Jan. 22 at the Stone in New York. This album celebrates Arabic poetry, unveiling musical threads woven by the rhythmical cycles of the twelve classical Arabic poetic meters, the physical contour of verse, and the percussive potential of words. Layale’s composition process aims to capture the shape and essence of epic testimo