ASHRAF ASHRAF-ZADE PLAYS
(clarinet)
Popular melodies from Azerbaijan
Melodiya, 1973, 33D-035521-22
Long after the duduk and the zurna the clarinet was adopted by Azeri musicians I suppose about the same time as Armenian players did, perhaps at the turn of the 20th century. Information about clarinet playing in Transcaucasia are welcome. What I know is that those Caucasian clarinet players are as good and exciting as Bulgarian or Greek players. A. Ashraf-Zade is a fantastic clarinet player and is accompanied by Teyub Damirov on garmon, Firudin Nuriev on balaban and Agarza Eybatov on naggara. All tunes are based on modal scales (mugam); regs is the Azeri prononciation of the Arabic term raqs which simply means dance. So once again don't trust the cover and go for it.
more info/sounds about <> look at the YouTube channel CLARINET CAUCASUS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDYkwDHsS60T6jFw-5yTEA
ReplyDeleteBonjour and thank you very much Herve for this music gem!! You could see photos and video/audio tracks from this clarinet master in YouTube under the name of Esref Esrefzade Cheers :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for those useful tips !
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