David Dalle
Thursday August 11th, 2016 with David Dalle
A look back at an older favourite, Kayhan Kalhor and Ali Akbar Moradi, new European Jazz, Vieux Farka Toure and other African music.

Today we are looking back at one of my favourite albums, a 2004 recording “In The Mirror of the Sky” with Persian kamenche virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Iranian Kurd Ali Akbar Moradi on tanbur, an instrument very closely associated with Kurdish Sufi mysticism. They are also joined by Pehman Hadadi on percussion. Mostly built out of improvisations this music is intensely passionate with incredible momentum. Ali Akbar Moradi sings at times, which almost sounds like an irrepressible reaction to the deep emotion of the music. We also hear some new jazz from a quartet of young European musicians called “Mount Meander” and their self-titled debut as well as some African music including Vieux Farka Toure’s debut album which featured some electrifying guitar by his father, some of the final recordings from Ali Farka. Vieux Farka Toure will be performing in Gatineau in September.