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Eyal Hareuveni's Best Releases of 2012
by Eyal Hareuveni
A list of some of the new releases that enriched life in 2012. In no particular order... Peter Brötzmann Chicago TentetWalk, Love, SleepSmalltown Superjazz A long time ago I lost count of how many albums I have by Peter Brötzmann. Or how many I still want ...
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Bahrami Fard: I Will Not Stand Alone
by Eyal Hareuveni
Iranian kamanche virtuoso and innovative composer Kayhan Kalhor is known for his international collaborations with cellist Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the Persian-Indian ensemble m: Ghazal = 23569, and the Brooklyn Rider string quartet . I Will Not Stand Alone, is a spellbinding meditation on one of the most difficult stages in his ...
Kayhan Kalhor Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador
In Silent City, a hypnotic work commemorating Halabjah, a Kurdish village annihilated by Saddam Hussein, the kamancheh, an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle, breaks out in a lamenting wail based on a traditional Turkish melody. “Silent City" is included on a new disc of the same name on the World Village label, which Kayhan Kalhor, a virtuoso ...
The Wind
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Part IX; Part X; Part XI; Part XII.
Kayhan Kalhor - Erdan Erzincal: The Wind
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il musicista iraniano Kayhan Kalhor, conosciuto in Occidente come membro del duo Ghazal, con cui ha inciso tre album per l'americana Shanachie e uno per la tedesca ECM (The Rain), è un virtuoso del kamancheh, sorta di violino arabo che si suona con l'archetto, tenendolo però in posizione verticale. In questa occasione non ha più al ...
Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan: The Wind
by Nenad Georgievski
The Wind, a collaboration between two master musicians, is as good an example of musical interaction as you will ever hope to hear. Duet albums between master musicians from different traditions used to be a rare occurence in the past. But in this rapidly shrinking world, more and more musicians are trying to expand their musicial ...
The Wind
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Part IX; Part X; Part XI; Part XII.
Kayhan Kalhor: The Wind
by Budd Kopman
In an exquisite moment on Kayhan Kalhor's last recorded collaboration, The Rain (ECM, 2003), tabla player Sandeep Das hits an “out" note on his tuned drum. This momentarily shocks Kalhor and sitarist Shujaat Khan, but soon brings a smiling murmur when he repeats it as if to say, “I meant that." The two soloists, Kalhor (from ...
Kayhan Kalhor: The Wind
by John Kelman
Improvisation isn't strictly the purview of jazz, although it's certainly one of the genre's defining foundations. But it's also an area of fertile exploration for artists operating far outside its conventions. Iranian kamancheh (spike fiddle) player Kayhan Kalhor has been exploring the improvisational possibilities at the nexus of Persian and North Indian music for nearly a ...
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