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Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound: Rivers of Sound
Sono passati più di sessant'anni da quando il jazz ha iniziato a relazionarsi con le musiche folkloriche orientali ma pochi sono andati oltre le ricerche di Yusef Lateef e John Coltrane. Come già Mahanthappa per le connessioni con la musica carnatica, il lavoro di ElSaffar è un significativo passo avanti per la ricercatezza della sua scrittura in magistrale equilibrio tra Oriente e Occidente: integra modalità, microtonalità, strutture poliritmiche, polifonia, improvvisazioni e dinamiche orchestrali jazz. Un tutto unico che fluisce naturalmente, un quadro musicale dopo l'altro, avvolgendoti come un caldo vento del sud.
Con un curriculum di tutto rispetto (studi di musica classica, adolescenza immersa nel rock e nel jazz, esperienze con Cecil Taylor, Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer più un lungo apprendistato con musicisti folk iracheni), ElSaffar guida il suo ampio ensemble evidenziando una scrittura complessa ma avvincente e per niente artificiosa.
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Track Listing
Disc 1: Iftitah; Jourjina Over Three; Penny Explosion; Ya Ibni, Ya Ibni (My son, my son).
Disc 2: Layl (Night); Hijaz; Shards of Memory/B Half Flat Fantasy; Bayat Declamation.
Personnel
Amir ElSaffar
trumpetAmir ElSaffar: trumpet, santur; Carlo DeRosa: acoustic bass; Craig Taborn: piano; Dena ElSaffar: violin, jowza; Fabrizio Cassol: alto saxophone; George Ziadeh: oud, vocals; Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone; JD Parran: bass saxophone, clarinet; Miles Okazaki: guitar; Mohammed Saleh: oboe, english horn; Naseem AlAtrash: cello; Nasheet Waits: drums; Ole Mathisen: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Rajna Swaminathan: mridangam; Tareq Abboushi: buzuq; Tim Moore: percussion, dumbek, frame drum; Zafer Tawil: percussion, oud.
Album information
Title: Rivers of Sound: Not Two | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: New Amsterdam Records
About Amir ElSaffar
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