Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band
In 1968, while he was also the leader of the Military Music Departments in Heliopolis, Salah Ragab formed the first jazz big band in Egypt, Some of the best musicians in Egypt of that time were members – Zaki Osman, Saied Salama, Khamis El-Kholy and Ala Mostafa. The Band consists of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, bass, drums and percussion and other oriental instruments.