hejira

Imagine your "Kind of Blue," "A Love Supreme," "Badmotorfinger," "Hejira" and "The Royal Scam" neatly stacked, with either spine or cover exposed for easy perusing and arranged alphabetically or (in the case of the lead bloke in Nick Hornby's High Fidelity) biographically.

(25) Also spelt Hejira or Hijra, it means the 622 CE flight or emigration of Prophet Mohammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution or death.

"The sighting of the moon of Ramadan was confirmed with the sunset on Friday, 29th of Chaabane 1438 of the Hejira, in accordance with the usual procedures for scrutinizing the crescent with the support of astronomical calculation to ensure the advent of the lunar months, "he said.

He and the filmmakers, including director-editor Paul Marchand, spent close to fours years compiling film, audio and live music footage, including interviews with bass virtuosos Flea, Alphonso Johnson, Jerry Jemmott and Bootsy Collins, as well as Carlos Santana, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, with whom Pastorius played in Weather Report, and Joni Mitchell, who recruited Pastorius for her fusion masterpieces "Hejira" and "Mingus," and with whom she toured.

The residents of Ghazni still don't know how many people lost their lives but it is said that since the sixth Hejira (the sixth year after the start of the Islamic calendar in 615) the city of Ghazni has not witnessed such devastation.

According to the extant documents, the date of this mosque goes back to 1240 Hejira (The Moslem era) computed according to lunar calendar.

By "The Khan's" account, Lamb was a frontier legend--a Daniel Boone of Beverly, a founding father of Upper Canada--who single-handedly cleared the land, built roads and shelter, and attracted settlers who "clustered round him." Only the "hardships and terrors of the American revolution, the great hejira northward, the perils and dangers of the unknown woods [that] had sapped [his] strength" slowed him down, and he died before he could realize his dream city (119).

Blue still sounds like music from another world, but her songwriting, inspired jazz-laced compositions and incredible, octave-leaping voice constantly found new musical contexts in classics such as Court And Spark, Hejira and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.

De son cote, le president du Conseil, Toufiq Hejira a releve que le Conseil national, qui represente le parlement du parti, se penchera lors de cette rencontre sur les modalites de l'action commune "avec l'Union socialiste des forces populaires (USFP), notre principal allie lors des etapes a venir en vue de mettre en place une opposition agissante fondee sur le seul souci de servir l'interet national".

MUSIC ROCK & POP TOMORROW Traumtour Hosted by the band Hejira, also featuring The Invisible, Anna Lena and the Orchids, Hello Skinny and others.