Sean Mullins

Raffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog

by Hrayr Attarian
May 10, 2024

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 ...