New York's premiere center for Middle Eastern arts and culture. Discography As leader Maqams of Baghdad (2006), Safaafir Two Rivers (Pi, 2007), Two Rivers Ensemble Radif Suite (2009), Hafez Modirzadeh/Amir ElSaffar Quartet Inana (2011), Two Rivers Ensemble Alchemy (2013), Amir ElSaffar Quintet Crisis (2015), Two Rivers Ensemble As sideman Tribute to Ellington (1999), by Daniel Barenboim Goodnight Oslo (2009), by Robyn Hitchcock References External links Official site Biography Interview on National Public Radio Morning Edition program, July 7, 2006 Living people American people of Iraqi descent American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Pi Recordings artists 1977 births 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians