Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Abbasi, Rez, arranger of music, instrumentalist.
Alexander, Neil (Keyboardist), instrumentalist.
Sarin, Michael, instrumentalist.
Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953, composer.
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| Instrumentation: | jazz combo 1
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| Physical medium: | 4 3/4 in.
plastic
metal
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| Sound characteristics: | optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
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| Digital file characteristics: | audio file
CD audio
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| Notes: | Title from disc label.
Produced and arranged by Rez Abbasi.
Rez Abbasi, fretted and fretless acoustic guitars ; Neil Alexander, organ, electronics and synthesizers ; Michael Sarin, drums.
Recorded at Samurai Studios, Queens, NY 6 & 7 February, 2019.
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| Summary: | "Rez Abbasi has established an enviable reputation over the course of his fourteen album releases as leader: not simply as one of the finest guitarists of his generation, but also as a musical alchemist with the ability to parlay his continent-crossing range of influences into consistently fresh and innovative compositions and reframings of the tradition. His deep musicality has been applied with equal conviction to contemporary New York acoustic jazz, the Qawwali and Indian Classical traditions of South Asia and the heady fusion sounds of the 1970s, each time applying the filter of his own musical personality to deliver inimitable results. Commissioned to present a project on Django Reinhardt from the Freight & Salvage's Django Festival in California, he boldly redefined his engagement by turning the focus away from Django, the codifier of the Sinti guitar vocabulary, and onto Django, the composer. For Django-shift Abbasi keenly listened to Django's full catalogue of music before choosing seven of his original pieces and two classic tunes that Django was greatly associated with. The arrangements were soon created for a contemporary trio format, with Neil Alexander on organ and electronics and Michael Sarin on drums. The results give a fascinating and original insight into an often overlooked attribute of Django's genius"--Whirlwind Recordings.
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| Standard no.: | 630808828829
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| Publisher's no.: | 4762 Whirlwind Records
WR4762 Whirlwind Records
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