Home » Search Center » Results: Bardo Records
Results for "Bardo Records"
Hellborg/Lane/Selvaganesh: Good People In Times of Evil
by Todd S. Jenkins
Virtuoso bassist Jonas Hellborg first came to wide public attention in 1984 when he was selected by John McLaughlin to join the revamped Mahavishnu Orchestra. Since that time he has carved a name for himself as a premier fusion bass artist, deftly blending world musics with jazz and rock elements. Despite a critically acclaimed partnership with ...
Jonas Hellborg: Good People, In Times Of Evil
by Mark Corroto
Is Jonas Hellborg the Swedish Bill Laswell? Maybe. The bassist has a grounded, driving funk/world/jazz attack like Laswell and his music mixes Eastern and Middle Eastern influences for color. But unlike Laswell, Hellborg’s music rarely overshadows the flavors he introduces. His reserved, yet slamming signature is once again displayed on this trip to a very urban ...
Aram Of The Two Rivers: Live In Syria
Label: Bardo Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Aram of Damascus; Sham; Akkadia 11; Aram of Zoba; Salah al Din; Suriya.
Jonas Hellborg: Aram of the Two Rivers (Live in Syria)
by Eric Saidel
The first thing to notice about this cd is that the leader plays bass guitar. That's acoustic bass guitar. In Hellborg's hands this is a bass in name only. He plays it, for most of this cd, as if it were a guitar, using it to establish the melody, to improvise, and to play in unison ...
Jonas Hellborg: Aram Of The Two Rivers: Live In Syria
by Jim Santella
Swedish bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg recorded these two sessions in September 1996. Hand drums and tambourine back the Middle Eastern melodies; all were composed by Hellborg. Ney player Mased Sri al Deen joins the bass guitarist on the first three tracks; violinist Hadi Backdonas appears on the last three. Blending classical guitar, jazz, and world music ...
