Results for "Hashem Assadullahi"

Pieces

By Hashem Assadullahi

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Prized Possession; The Straight Man (Walking the Dog on a Sunday); Pretty; The Harbinger; User Error; A Bag of Oranges; Digging Out; Seal Island; Fingersticks; Dark Tower; The Missing Piece.

Hashem Assadullahi: Pieces

by Mark Corroto
April 24, 2013

Saxophonist Hashem Assadullahi and his core band returned to the studio to release an exceptionally strong sophomore effort with Pieces. The Texas born-Northwest cured-New York-based musician revealed his penchant for melody on his prior release Strange Neighbor (8bells, 2009). Here he builds upon that foundation with a scattering of themes from pop tunes, avant-garde leanings, and ...

User Error

February 21, 2013

Album: Pieces
By Hashem Assadullahi
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2013
Duration: 7:12

Pretty

Featuring the music of Hashem Assadullahi
Duration: 04:50
January 29, 2013

Strange Neighbor

By Hashem Assadullahi

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2009
Track listing: Hypothesis A - The Feign; Hypothesis B - The Widower; Hypothesis C - The Geneticist; Hypothesis D - The Gossip; Hypothesis E - The Mayor; Strange Neighbor; O; NEAR... far... Stale Fortune; Lonely Llama (confiscated bootleg mix).

The Hashem Assadullahi Quintet: Strange Neighbor

by Glenn Astarita
October 14, 2009

Oregon-based musician and educator Hashem Assadullahi introduces a wealth of attention-grabbing points of view into this quintet date, featuring eminent trumpeter Ron Miles. It's a democratic, group-focused modus operandi, spinning with variable harmonic and rhythmic underpinnings, where Assadullahi is more concerned with compositional depth and use of space. Still, the soloists receive ample breathing room to ...

Recent Listening: Kuhn, Alexander, Griffin, Assadullahi

July 28, 2009

Steve Kuhn, Mostly Coltrane (ECM). Kuhn pays homage to John Coltrane, who briefly employed him in 1960 when the pianist was on the doorstep of his career. His tribute encompasses elegiac, earthy and wildly exploratory facets of the great saxophonist. It may remind listeners that, despite a relatively low profile, Kuhn is a major pianist of ...

Hashem Assadullahi Returns from Thailand for Release of Debut Album Featuring Ron Miles

May 8, 2009

Hashem Assadullahi and his quintet, featuring Ron Miles, celebrate the release of their new CD, Strange Neighbor, a well rounded jazz release with an occasional sense of humor. Denver-based trumpeter Ron Miles, has also appeared with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Gravitas Quartet, and many others. The Quintet also features a critically acclaimed ...