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Gordon Grdina
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Gordon Grdina is a Vancouver based Oud/Guitarist whose sound is a combination of his interests in mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation and Arabic classical music.
A protégé of jazz great Gary Peacock, he is a well-respected contributor to the jazz and world music scenes constantly being sought out for projects that need a fresh sound. On Guitar Gordon leads the Vancouver groove trio Loose Acoustic which has recorded two critically acclaimed CD’s with Skrank Records. They are currently managed by Turner Music and Events and are mixing their next Cd release with Maximum Jazz.
Duo Work
Label: ATTABOYGIRL Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Song One; Dissolution; Impala; Bunker; Ash; Encounters; Pixilated; Jalopy; Gerhard; Big Blue; Traverse; Song Two.
Emad Armoush's Rayhan: Distilled Extractions
by Mark Corroto
Jazz and creative music have always resisted assimilation. By that, I mean jazz draws upon--or perhaps more accurately, appropriates--sounds, traditions and styles to create something entirely new. This has been true since New Orleans musicians blended Caribbean, French, African and Sicilian influences while performing on traditional marching band instruments. Over the century-plus since its inception, improvising ...
Duo Work
Label: Attaboygirl Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Song One; Dissolution; Impala; Bunker; Ash; Encounters; Pixilated; Jalopy;
Gerhard; Big Blue; Traverse; Song Two.
Gordon Grdina's The Marrow with Fathieh Honari
Label: Attaboygirl Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Not of Them; Raqib; Rags e Parvaneh; Break The Branch; Qalander.
Lawrence Peryer's Jazz & Beyond for 2024
by Lawrence Peryer
I very much enjoy the moment we are in for improvisatory and creative music. So many traditions are coming into contact and interacting with each other: jazz cats, indigenous practitioners, electronic music experimenters, modern composers and many others. The breakdown and blurring of genre divides and dogma is something I revel in. “Collision Music," to quote ...
Gordon Grdina: The Axe Man Cutting Down Borders
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On JUNO Award-winning oud player and guitarist Gordon Grdina.Gordon's work defies limitations, be they geographical, distance, time, or genre. His music incorporates avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, indie rock, and the Arabic tradition.So much music, so many collaborators, and so much ground to cover in our talk. We made ...
Giulia Cianca: quattro album in pochi mesi
by Neri Pollastri
Proveniente dal pop e folgorata dall'improvvisazione dopo la quasi casuale esperienza a Siena Jazz, la giovane artista romana Giulia Cianca ha realizzato negli ultimi anni un cospicuo numero di album, di alcuni dei quali ci occuperemo in quest'articolo. La cantante, che ci racconta quest'esperienza nell'intervista appena pubblicata, vi sperimenta molteplici modalità espressive per improvvisare vocalmente, in ...
Giulia Cianca: la parola all'improvvisazione
by Neri Pollastri
La giovane cantante romana Giulia Cianca è comparsa quasi all'improvviso sulla scena jazzistica registrando in un paio d'anni diversi lavori per la New Ethic Society, un'associazione con finalità artistiche e culturali, ma anche sociali e politiche, promossa da Marco Colonna. In quei lavori la cantante ha messo in luce uno stile davvero molto personale e non ...
Song One
Album: Duo Work
By Gordon Grdina
Label: Attaboygirl Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 3:25
