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Amir ElSaffar - Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite

Read "Radif Suite" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


La Pi Recordings ha pubblicato una serie di interessanti incisioni in cui l'avanguardia di matrice afroamericana si confronta con musiche di origine etnica, senza per questo cadere nelle facili trappole del genere world. È un'esigenza nata dalle origini degli autori, musicisti come Rudresh Mahantappa, che ha riscoperto legittimi legami tra musica indiana e improvvisazione jazzistica, o, ...

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Radif Suite

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Radif-E Kayhan: Facet One;Facet Two; Facets Three/Four; Facets Five/Six; Facets Seven/Eight; Facet Nine; Facet Ten; Facets Eleven/Twelve; Copper Suite:Introduction: Copper Refraction; Post-Idiomatic Blues/Cells A; Doves Over Zion (Dream of the Beloved)/Duet Interlude;Uganda/Trio Interlude; Bird of Prey; Awj/Ancestral Memory; Quintuplets/Triptych/Bass Solo; All Said and Done/Sirens/Reverence.

Album

Radif Suite

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Facet One (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 2:36; 02. Facet Two (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 2:41; 03. Facets Three/Four (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 3:24; 04. Facets Five/Six (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 4:50; 05. Facets Seven/Eight (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 5:44; 06. Facet Nine (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 1:50; 07. Facet Ten (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 5:51; 08. Facets Eleven/Twelve (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 3:57; 09. Introduction: Copper Refraction (Amir ElSaffar) - 2:25; 10. Post-Idiomatic Blues/Cells A (Amir ElSaffar) - 7:35; 11. Doves Over Zion (Dream of the Beloved)/Duet Interlude (Amir ElSaffar) - 5:21; 12. Uganda/Trio Interlude (Amir ElSaffar) - 4:39; 13. Bird of Prey (Amir ElSaffar) - 3:43; 14. Awj/Ancestral Memory (Amir ElSaffar) - 5:07; 15. 7 Quintuplets/Triptych/Bass Solo(Amir ElSaffar) - 5:22; 16. All Said and Done/Sirens/Reverance (Amir ElSaffar) - 4:32.

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Article: Album Review

Amir ElSaffar / Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite

Read "Radif Suite" reviewed by Stuart Broomer


This is an illuminating meeting between musicians who share similar cultural background and creative directions. Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar is an Iraqi-American whose work has fused elements of jazz and the maqam music of Iraq. His CD-length suite from 2007, Two Rivers, was a triumph of synthesis and vision. Tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is an older Iranian-American ...


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