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Nashaz: Nashaz
by Eyal Hareuveni
Nashaz was founded by jazz guitarist Brian Prunka after a few chance incidents led him to explore the great pantheon of Arabic music. These meetings made Prunka travel long and winding roads. Geographically, from his hometown, New Orleans, to Brooklyn (where he studied with Palestinian oud master Simon Shaeen and his brother Najib; and to Ramallah ...
Her Eyes Illuminate
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing: Raqs Al Jamal (Dance Of Beauty); Tilli Edhakilo (Go Out And Laugh Wih Him); Sharpening; En Shakawt Al Hawa (If You Complain About Love); Alf Leila Wa Leila (A Thousand And One Nights); Sama'i Farafhaza; Ana Wa Habibi (Me And My Love); Laktob Aourak Al Chagar (I Will Write To You On The Leaves Of Trees); Che Mali Wali (Because I Am Abandoned); Longa Farahfaza.
The Breathing of Statues
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. Selma - 5:27; 02. Holy Departure - 3:30; 03. Silence of Paintings - 5:25; 04. Origin - 7:24; 05. Santiago - 3:07; 06. Webern - 3:34; 07. Naveli Joon - 4:28;
08. The Breathing of Statues - 14:07; 09. Wide Open - 8:13.
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Gordon Grdina's Haram: Her Eyes Illuminate
by Dan Bilawsky
Vancouver-based oudist/guitarist Gordon Grdina has been bending genres and creating East-meets-West contexts for his instruments for quite some time. He put his own spin on modern jazz with Box Cutter, melded outré twentieth century chamber ideals with Arabian themes with the East Van Trio and created a Persian/Arabian/Indian hybrid with Sangha. Now, Grdina turns his attention ...
Gordon Grdina Fuses Arabic And Avant On August 14 Songlines Release, Her Eyes Illuminate
Oudist, With His Band Haram, Interpret Popular and Folk Music by Celebrated Iraqi and Egyptian Artists of the Last Century Vancouver guitarist/oud player Gordon Grdina's music is all about call-and-response across every possible artistic pre-conception. His last record on Songlines, by his East Van Strings quartet (The Breathing of Statues, 2009), included intense, concentrated avant-garde pieces ...
Songlines Recordings Will Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary With Guitar/Oud Night At New York's Shapeshifter Lab On June 14
Triple Bill Will Feature Ben Monder Trio, Brad Shepik Quartet and Gordon Grdina/Mark Helias To help celebrate Songlines Recordings’ 20th anniversary, three string players with deep connections to the label will perform at ShapeShifter Lab on June 14,co-presented by Songlines and Search and Restore. Ben Monder is reviving his original trio with the personnel from its ...
Gordon Grdina's East Van Strings: The Breathing of Statues
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lanciato da Gary Peacock, insieme al quale (e a Paul Motian) ha realizzato un disco in trio, Think Like the Waves, il chitarrista e suonatore di oud Gordon Grdina è qui alla guida di un quartetto nel quale è accompagnato da un trio d'archi, formazione inconsueta anche se non del tutto originale (basti ricordare il quartetto ...
Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian - Think Like the Waves (2006)
By Mark Saleski In his essay, “Listening To Music," composer John Cage offers a possible definition of music and a framework for its evaluation: “I have talked with several musicians who have seriously claimed that music is not made of sound, but rather of the relationships of the sounds, and that in order to appreciate it ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 7-9, June 30-July 2, 2010
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 radio.string.quartet.vienna / Tord Gustavsen EnsembleTD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 30-July 2, 2010 As the 30th Anniversary of the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival enters the home stretch, it once again provided a day of ...
The Breathing of Statues
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: Selma; Holy Departure; Silence of Paintings; Origin; Santiago; Webern; Nayeli Joon; The Breathing of Statues; Wide Open.
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