Home » Jazz Articles » Raffi Garabedian
Jazz Articles about Raffi Garabedian
SticklerPhonics: Technicolor Ghost Parade
by Mark Corroto
For drummer, composer, and bandleader Scott Amendola it ain't nothing but a party. From his early days with guitarist Charlie Hunter's ensembles and their later collaboration with T.J. Kirk which covered the music of Thelonious Monk, James Brown, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Amendola has been an entertaining and maybe more important immersive musician. He seeks out kindred souls like Ben Goldberg, Nels Cline, Henry Kaiser, and Wil Blades to collaborate and create compelling music. The same can be said for ...
Continue ReadingRaffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog
by Hrayr Attarian
Bay area composer and saxophonist Raffi Garabedian is the descendent of survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. These life defining events have had a major impact on family lore and on cultural expressions primarily in the form of literature. Garabedian draws inspiration from these oral and written stories to craft the cohesive eight part suite that is his third release as a leader, the lyrical The Crazy Dog. The music is not a fusion of Armenian and ...
Continue Reading
