ИГРАЕТ АВТАНДИЛ ИСРАФИЛОВ
Melodiya, no date, M30-35933-34
In spite of an ugly and uninformative cover the LP inside is a great recording by one of the masters of azeri garmon playing : Aftandil Israfilov. He's been a big star until now in Azerbaijan. Here he's backed by a duduk for the drone played by Alimukhtar Aliev and Zakraï Mamedov on nagara (or dohol).
The garmon is an accordion with piano keyboard introduced into the Caucasus from Russia during the 19th century. It is played also in the Iranian Azerbaijan, in Turkey and among some peoples like the Cherkess, Adyghes, etc... The sound and style are typical and immediately recognizable. The songs and dances are based on the mugam (maqam) that the accordion is able to render although it is a Western instrument but partially reconditionned by local artists.
Hi Hervé! Finally catching up at last on your brilliant site.. thank you so much for it all.. just wanted to point out that Track B1 seems to be missing from this package
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info; I don't know what happened but the missing track is on line now.
ReplyDeletethanks so much, Hervé!
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