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Esinam, Maurice Louca, Amir ElSaffar, Keshav Batish & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Around the jazz world in 70 minutes, as we criss-cross from North America to the Caribbean, from West-Africa to Europe, from North-Africa to India and back.Happy listening and enjoy your jazz air-miles!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Holland “The Village" Another land (Edition) 0:16 ...
Hafez Modirzadeh with Kris Davis, Tyshawn Sorey and Craig Taborn: Facets
by Troy Dostert
A rigorous, sometimes imposingly cerebral innovator, tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh has dedicated himself since the 1980s to ever more ambitious ways of opening up the Western musical tradition to scrutiny. A particular obsession is the restrictive quality of conventional instrumental tunings, which, as Modirzadeh perceives them, can limit the possibilities available to improvisers and composers alike, ...
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Amir ElSaffar
Amir ElSaffar, trumpeter, composer, singer, and santoor player, is garnering an international reputation for his work, both in the traditional Iraqi Maqam and in jazz music. Described as "one of the important carriers of the Iraqi Maqam tradition" by Maqam master, Hamid al-Saadi, Amir currently leads the only ensemble in the US performing Iraqi Maqam, Safaafir. Amir sings and plays santoor, and is accompanied by traditional instruments, such as the joze (spike fiddle) and tabla. This ensemble has researched ancient practices that have been lost in recent generations, and is now reviving these sounds, continuing the legacy of the great masters of this tradition
Jamie Baum: Bridges
by Angelo Leonardi
L'interesse di Jamie Baum a integrare nella sua ricerca varie tradizioni musicali orientali trova in questo disco l'espressione più ampia e organica. L'invito a esibirsi nel 2003 e nel 2009 al festival jazz di Kathmandu ha rappresentato per la flautista un'occasione per interagire con musicisti tradizionali nepalesi e indiani, stimolandola ad approfondire le loro musiche. I ...
Asian-American Jazz & Improv
by Ludovico Granvassu
As jazz was born where cultures converged, it's not a surprise that it is the most adaptable form of music. An art form permeable since its very inception to musical traditions from other continents. This week we focus on the contribution of musicians that approached jazz and improvised music benefiting from the wider perspective afforded to ...
New sounds from Trialogues, Nick Grinder and Marker
by Bob Osborne
New albums from Berlin trio Trialogues, Nick Grinder and Ken Vandermark's Marker plus great piano music from William Tatge and selections from Johannes Enders. In between music old and new. Playlist Trialogues “Samarkand" from Trialogues (Edition64) 00:00 Nick Grinder “New and Happy" fromFarallon (OiM Music) 05:18 Marker “Alphaville #2/Trance/Alphaville #1" from New Industries ...
2019 Hudson Jazz Festival
by Rudolph Lu
Hudson, New York is a two-hour ride from New York City, an hour away from Albany, and home to the Hudson Jazz Festival. Now in its second year, this year's festival took place from February 17 through February 19, with all performances held in the recently restored Hudson Hall. Day one featured the music ...
Amir ElSaffar at Muziekgebouw
by Henning Bolte
Amir ElSaffar Muziekgebouw World Première LUMINESCENCIA at Flamenco Biennale NL 2019 Amsterdam February 2, 2019 Luminescencia" is a new work by US-American composer-musician Amir ElSaffar, co-produced by Dutch Flamenco Biënnale and French Fondation Royaument. It had its world-première in Amsterdam at this year's Flamenco Biennale, a country-wide festival in ...
Frank van Berkel: New Programmer at Amsterdam's Bimhuis is Committed to Serve and to Curate
by Joan Gannij
Frank van Berkel, the new Programmer at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam's premier jazz club, is no stranger to the music world. He started out as a musician, double bass/bass guitar, and played many venues back in the '80s and '90s, including Amsterdam's rock palace Paradiso and the Bimhuis, with different bands, that included Nine Tobs, Remo Tobs, ...
Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound: Rivers of Sound
by Angelo Leonardi
Questa monumentale opera del compositore e trombettista iracheno-americano sviluppa una sintesi musicale iniziata nel 2006 col sestetto Two Rivers di cui facevano parte anche il sassofonista Rudresh Mahanthappa e il batterista Nasheet Waits. Amir ElSaffar fonde il jazz d'avanguardia con alcune forme tradizionali orientali: la dimensione melodica microtonale del maqam convive con un cangiante tappeto ritmico ...
