Anthology of World Music - The Music of Azerbaijan

Anthology of World Music - The Music of Azerbaijan
Reedition of the UNESCO collection LP's published 1968-87
Rounder 82161 5142-2, CD released 2003

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Aftandil Israfilov - Basqali

01. Simrani
02. Elmira
03. Qizil ezek
04. Keelere Su Sepmisem
05. Meherremkend
06. Azerbaycan Teraneleri
07. Celali
08. Qarabag Reqsi
09. Sensen Heyatim Menim
10. Naxeivan Reqsi
11. Daglar Oglu
12. Sevgilim
13. Yeni Reqs

this cat is a relatively recent discovery for me & his muqâms are just pulsating with life. anyone know who the clarinet player in the video is? anyhu, this aint merely a buncha rapid-fire accordian solos, these are ensemble recordings. all his tunes are accompanied by either piano, clarinet, organ & naqara [that sweet drum resting on homeboy's knee in the clip]. i believe this is a best of compilation that came out in 2005 but i don't speak Azeri so if you do, kindly forgive my ignorance of your wonderful language & kulture. i am owlwaze making an effort to glean much more about everyone & musique remains the most mind expanding portal to broaden awareness. this recording was sitting up in cyberspace waiting for me to harvest it, lovingly shared by someone named raphael at a resonant 320k. respekt

Hâbil Əliyev - Kamânça LP [Мелодия, 1990]

Мелодия С30-29645
Recorded 1989, published 1990

I üz
Dilkəş və Təsnif - 11.45
çahargah - 9.17

II üz
Bayatı - Həcər və Təsnif - 9.42
Bayatı - Şiraz və Təsnif - 7.57

Habil Aliyev lived a hard & interesting life. Born on May 28, 1927 in the village of Uchqovaq in the northern region of Aghdash, Azerbaijan, he began to study musique at the age of 7 under the direction of Ahmad Aghdamsk. Having acquired the basic techinical knowledge of the kamânça [kamanche] he continued extensive practice alone & elaborated on his own style.

Nicknamed the 'Oriental Paganini' because of his perfect technique, he has been consecrated as 'People's Artist' & showered with the highest honours in Azerbaijan, appearing on television regularly. His style is characterized by great freedom & a quest for precise effects & tones, but always serving the ethos that is specific to each muqâm.

It is the improvised solo that displays his true genius & his interpretations of various muqâm as well as adaptaions of of Azeri dances have made him famous & loved by all. He is widely consiered to have breathed new life into serveral muqâms by virtue of his otherworldly kamânça skills.

the drum you hear on these recordings is called a naqara & features prominently in Azeri classical musique. i have no clue who is accompanying our boy Hâbil on this slab, sorry. daps to zwan & fam for this trismegistique Melodiya offering. have fun in moscow u crazy kids

VA - Secret Museum of Mankind vol 6 - Central Asia 1925-48

dag, eyed never even hearda Daghestan before! this whole series is chock full o' wonder but this has gotta be me prevailing fave. 320 + booklet skans. brought to us by none other than the benevolent Bakfark. tanxen praiz! for more encroyable early kazakhstan sides from Dina Nurpesova [traque 18] & impossibly rare sounds from other culturally rich 'stans', don't miss the fine excavating happening as we speak at the insanely superb Toro y Loco