In 2006, ElSaffar received commissions from the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia and from the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), to compose Two Rivers, a suite that invokes Iraqi musical traditions and frames them in a modern jazz setting.
In 2006, ElSaffar received commissions from the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia and the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) to compose "Two Rivers," a suite that incorporates Iraqi musical traditions into a contemporary jazz setting.