Sounds of Claire
Alex Wakim
Release Date: August 29, 2025
Sounds of Claire is a dreamlike journey through memory and imagination, composed by Alex Wakim as a tribute to his grandmother, Claire Maalouf Haddad. Blending jazz, tango, Arabic modes, and classical influences, the album reimagines the Levant of the 1930s–50s through her eyes, before exile reshaped her world. Each track offers a vignette: a train ride from Beirut to Damascus, a lavish embassy party, a wedding under ancient cedars. In Wakim’s hands, memory becomes music, and lost moments are reborn in sound.
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The album will be digitally delivered via email on August 29, 2025.
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TRACK LIST
Independence
Deeb's Candy Shop
Chemin de fer
Orient Palace Hotel
The Green Valley
Seeking
Claire
Listening to the Wind
Je suis seul ce soir
To a Fading Port
Eyes
Behind Smoke
To the Lost Cedars
PRESS
ALBUM CREDITS
Alex Wakim – Piano | John Murchison – Bass | Alber Baseel – Drums | Layth Sidiq – Violin | Sarah Mueller – Violin | Noemie Chemali – Viola | Quinn Lake – Cello | Jamie Baum – Flute | Lama El Homaissi – Voice | Fadi Broumana – Voice | Brian Prunka – Oud | Gideon Forbes – Ney, Bass Clarinet | Jeffrey Charles Palmer – Voice | Emily Solo – Backing Vocals | Budapest Scoring – Orchestra | Czech National Symphony Orchestra – Orchestra
Recorded at The Bunker Studio - New York City, NY - March 28th, 2025
Engineered by Todd Carder
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano
Composed, Produced and Published by Alex Wakim