Real name: سمير سرور (Samīr Surūr)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1971 - 1996

Samir Surour (1933-2003) was an Egyptian saxophonist. He started his career in a brass military band and was discovered by Baligh Hamdi. Samir Surour was the first to modify saxophone and add a quarter tone. He shared the stage with Umm Kulthum, Fayza Ahmed, Nagat El-Sagheera and Abdel Halim Hafez. The latter allowed Surour to perform long sax solos as song parts. After the golden age of Egyptian music was over, Surour disappeared from the scene. He came back in the 1990s in collaboration with Amr Diab and never stayed out of spotlight till passing in 2003.