Kereshmeh Records -- KCD-105, Alizadeh Live
Alizadeh Live at the Los Angeles Festival
Catalog no. Kereshmeh Records KCD-105 CD --- KCS-105 Cassette
KCD-105
Alizadeh Live at the Los Angeles Festival
Improvizations in Dastgah Nava
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
Madjid Khaladj: Tombak
Cover Design: Farshid Mesghali
Cover Photography: Reza Deghati
... absolutely inspiring....
Cliff Furnald, CMJ
... highly charged and invigorating...
Todd Michel McComb
AIFF, 20 seconds, 11.025K Hz, 8 bit, 215K.
WAVE, 20 seconds, 11.025K Hz, 8 bit, 215K.
Sun/Next ulaw, 20 seconds, 8K Hz, 8 bit, 155K.
This recording is perhaps the first recording of the new language
of Hossein Alizadeh in improvization,
where he is going beyond the usual.
While connected to the roots of Persian
music, he creates a phantasy of the future in a free spirit.
Recorded during a live concert at the J. Paul Getty Museum as part of
the 1993 Los Angeles Festival, Hossein Alizadeh
demonstrates his mastery of
improvisation in an electrifying performance on setar.
Alizadeh draw upon the rich heritage of Persian melodies in his
creation of this colorful and highly energetic music.
Excerpts from the liner notes of the CD:
Alizadeh writes:
The rhythmical patterns, just like the dastgahs in the
Radif,
are usually categorized by name and not by their time signature.
Their complexity cannot simply be put in a time signature.
Various elements act as general models for
rhythm; for example,
the collection of the
various cyclical melodies in the
Radif.
One can create fairly complex patterns by developing these models.
Melodies such as Kereshmeh, Hazin,
Basteh Negar, and Zange Shotor define certain rhythmical
periods and their foundation can be found in our ancient music.
Free improvisation has lost its major role in today's Persian classical
music, while it is still
rather common in other eastern countries.
Although the form of the performance at the J. Paul Getty Museum
may differ from that of the common performances
in today's Persian classical music, I believe that
it is closer to how our ancient music used to be played.
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