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| Things to Come |
| Rez Abbasi |
| első megjelenés éve: 2009 |
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| (2009)
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| 4.331 Ft
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| 1. | Dream State
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| 2. | Air Traffic
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| 3. | Hard Colors
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| 4. | Things To Come
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| 5. | Why Me Why Them
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| 6. | Within Sanity
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| 7. | Realities Of Chromaticism
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| 8. | Insulin
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Jazz
Rez Abbasi - guitar
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone
Vijay Iyer - piano
Johannes Weidenmeuller - acoustic bass
Dan Weiss - drums
Kiran Ahluwalia - vocals
Mike Block - cello
It is certainly an interesting period in the history of the United States. The election of the first African American president has provided impetus for the country to reexamine the nature of the country, a nation built on the mixture of people of many cultural backgrounds. Guitarist/ composer Rez Abbasi has been inspired more and more by this phenomenon over the last few years and his new recording Things To Come blends musical elements of his South Asian heritage with those of progressive jazz. Jazz itself has always been open to diverse musical influences.
The Pakistani-American Abbasi is involved with an increasingly influential group of musicians of South Asian descent, most notably pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, both of whom appear on Things To Come. The recording incorporates instrumentation typical of the jazz idiom with compositional ideas that are more akin to South Asian musical practice, particularly complicated meter shifts and advanced harmonic concepts. The addition of Indian classical vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia to the ensemble on a number of pieces adds a unique beauty to this inspiring new recording.
Rez Abbasi in his new recording "Things To Come" blends musical elements of his South Asian heritage with those of progressive jazz. Jazz itself has always been open to diverse musical influences. The Pakistani-American Abbasi is involved with an increasingly influential group of musicians of South Asian descent, most notably pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, both of whom appear on "Things To Come". The addition of Indian classical vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia to the ensemble on a number of pieces adds a unique beauty to this inspiring new recording.
Rez Abbasi
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Aug 27, 1965
Genre: Jazz
Styles: World Fusion, Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, Indian Classical
A flexible guitarist who plays mostly fusion but can also handle post-bop, hard bop and standards, Rez Abbasi showed a lot of promise playing around New York in the 1990s. The improviser was born in Karachi, Pakistan and lived there as a baby; he was only three when his parents moved to Los Angeles, where he was raised. Abbasi, who grew up speaking English as his primary language and doesn't speak with even a trace of a Middle Eastern accent, was 22 when he moved to New York in 1987. Abbasi considers Jim Hall his earliest influence on guitar, and Pat Metheny influenced both his playing and writing when he recorded his first album, Third Ear, in 1991-1992. However, Metheny became less of an influence on Abbasi as the 1990s progressed. The mid- to late-'90s found Abbasi (who is also influenced by Bill Frisell) continuing to do a lot of writing and playing his share of Manhattan club dates, while paying the bills with "day gigs" as a music teacher; he recorded Modern Memory in 1996.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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