Cat No:
1780151
Release Date: 25 May 2009
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602517801516
Genres: Jazz World Music
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Description
One of 2009's outstanding ECM albums, a breathtaking project initiated by Jon Balke, with Amina Alaoui, Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche and Jon Hassell, of new music inspired by Arab-Andalusian traditions, a great melting together of styles and ideas.
Utterly magical music, trailing deep roots - creative, strongly melodic, and song-based - in which west meets east at many levels. The listener is at first struck by the power of Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui's voice, soaring above Norwegian pianist Jon Balke's remarkable compositions for baroque ensemble - with soloists drawn from jazz, scattered improvisational traditions, and the world of early music. Behind this remarkable musical integration is a web of philosophical, historical, and literary interconnections, as Balke and Alaoui set texts from Sufi poets, Christian mystics, troubadours and more and - inspired by the tolerant and creative spirit of medieval Al-Andalus - ponder what was lost to the bonfires of the Inquisition.
The powerful song texts are variously sung in Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese (CD booklet includes translations). Setting new standards in transcultural music, 'Siwan' shows what can be made today when artists of the most divergent background pool their energies. The Siwan group has already astounded audiences from Stavanger to Cairo with its live performances.
Personnel: Jon Balke (keyboards, conductor), Amina Alaoui (vocal), Jon Hassell (trumpet/electronics), Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche (solo violin), Helge Norbakken (percussion), Pedram Khavar Zamini (zarb), 12 Baroque Soloists led by Bjarte Eike and including Milos Valent (violin/viola)
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Tracklisting
- 1. Tuchia
- 2. Ya Andalucin
- 3. Jadwa
- 4. Ya safwa ti
- 5. Ondas do mar de Vigo
- 6. Itimad
- 7. A la Dina
- 8. Zahori
- 9. Ayshyin Raquin
- 10. Thulathyath
- 11. Toda Sciencia Trancendiendo
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Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life
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Ecm New Series: A Compendium
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