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Topic: Bouzouki prog\jazz music?

Posted By: proger
Subject: Bouzouki prog\jazz music?
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 11:42

hey, i like Bouzouki, a lot.

but all that greeky folky songs are boring.

if someone can recommend me some instrumental bouzouki music, maybe with some prog\jazz inside.

iv found that vid, kind of the direction i like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhK2OMvxLg

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Posted By: jacksiedanny
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 11:48

Wots that instrument played all throughout Orson Welles movie, the Third Man?

Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 11:49

Cat Stevens, not prog but he hails hes greeke roots with Bazouki

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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 12:16

Icarium wrote:

Cat Stevens, not prog but he hails hes greeke roots with Bazouki

thanks but not my style...

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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 12:54

Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.

Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:39

If you like Bouzouki, you may like Oud. Add a touch of jazz and probably Rabih Abou Khalil is close to what you are looking for.

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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 19:05

Some Greek music has a real bluesy tinge to it that I really enjoy. Though it can indeed get a little boring depending on the playlist. I've been to Greece twice and heard a lot of local village bands play. I even have a bouzouki, though I can't remember how I came to acquire it.

So, on to the actual question. The only Prog I can think of is from the Avant sub-genre. On the third disc of Frank Zappa's Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar box set, Zappa and Jean Luc Ponty do an extensive free-form improv with bouzouki and base violin. It's really precious. It's called Canard du Jour. I don't know why there isn't more bouzouki in Prog.

Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 19:07

friso wrote:

Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.

Oh my, I have that album. It never sunk in with me that there was bouzouki on there.

Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 20:22

Try Irish bouzouki, such as played by Andy Irvine. It's still not Prog but it's very different from the Greek music.

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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 21:10

Fairport Convention, particularly with Maartin Allcock in the group. Every album from 1986 to 1996 had bouzouki (Dave Pegg has been know to play bouzouki as well).

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 23:04

I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra" rel="nofollow - http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)

Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile

Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 23:07

HackettFan wrote:

(...)On the third disc of Frank Zappa's Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar box set, Zappa and Jean Luc Ponty do an extensive free-form improv with bouzouki and base violin. It's really precious. It's called Canard du Jour. (...)

Great stuff indeed Thumbs Up

Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 02:07

I didn't realized that the OP ask for non-greek folky music (anyway I hope that somebody would like to hear Darnakes), so I'd like to reccomend this progressive masterpiece: http://fernwood.bandcamp.com/album/sangita" rel="nofollow - http://fernwood.bandcamp.com/album/sangita

Sangita by Fernwood

"As a listener I was kept enthralled, as each track opened new possibilities. An enchanting, beautiful and captivating aural pleasure." Conclusion: 9 out of 10
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"Almeria is a breath of fresh air and is a welcome alternative to today's electronic and synth dominated music."
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"Theirs is the kind of music one can sail away on. It swirls and flows in unexpected and delightful harmonies"
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"It's cowboy, it's jazz, it's Oriental. Absolutely enchanting, a brilliant mix of interesting textures and layers of exotic acoustic timbers. A tantalizing taste of otherworldly aural delight."
http://jazzmando.com/" rel="nofollow - JAZZMANDO.COM

Posted By: Daniele Spdavecchia
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 10:47

Greek Bozuki is one of my favorite string instruments. It is often played very fast!

I had a luck to play in a greek rock/belly dance band who also featured some traditional repertoire when I lived in Scottsdale, AZ of all places!

I was so inspired by Yanni the Bozuki player in that band, that my guitar phrasing style changed for the better.

I made a quick search on the web, but I haven't found any Greek Bozuki Prog Rock music, unfortunately.

Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 10:57

Having recently received their latest effort, Arcadia, I can heartily recommend Fernwood, one of Djam Karet's keyboardist Gayle Ellett's many side projects. Here's a link to their webpage: http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/ . Unfortunately, they are not on PA, and I think they many have been rejected in the past for not being prog enough Unhappy

. As you can see, they use a wide range of ethnic instruments made of wood, including the bouzouki.

Edit: Just realized that Svetonio had already mentioned Fernwood a few posts ago. Well done, sir Clap

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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 16:15

Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra" rel="nofollow - http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)

Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile

I, for one, will definitely be checking into this!

Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 19:42

Raff wrote:

Having recently received their latest effort, Arcadia, I can heartily recommend Fernwood, one of Djam Karet's keyboardist Gayle Ellett's many side projects. Here's a link to their webpage: http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/ . Unfortunately, they are not on PA, and I think they many have been rejected in the past for not being prog enough Unhappy

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 20:03

HackettFan wrote:

Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra" rel="nofollow - http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)

Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile

I, for one, will definitely be checking into this!

I saw the Darnakes live at one of the greatest major festivals in Europe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_%28festival%29#Fusion_Stage" rel="nofollow - Exit Festival in Serbia, and I can tell you that they are great both live and in a studio

Posted By: friso
Date Posted: February 15 2015 at 09:14

HackettFan wrote:

friso wrote:

Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.

Oh my, I have that album. It never sunk in with me that there was bouzouki on there.

Took a while before I noticed it.. the chords were way to strange for guitar I figured.

I can also warmly recommend Planxty's debut and the even better Cold Blow And The Rainy Night.

Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 15 2015 at 12:52

jacksiedanny wrote:

Wots that instrument played all throughout Orson Welles movie, the Third Man?

The instrument played in The third Man is a zither. It's multistring instrument that more like an autoharp. Below is a picture of a concert zither. And that's about all I know it this unusual instrument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2012-03-04-Trachselwald_%28Foto_Dietrich_Michael_Weidmann%29_002.JPG" rel="nofollow">

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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: February 15 2015 at 13:20

Great bouzouki track by MAAD :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1OMLlC-rPA

and of course Zorba's film music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y6I2hLN4LQ

Posted By: Luis de Sousa
Date Posted: February 16 2015 at 04:27

http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Dazkarieh" rel="nofollow - Dazkarieh is a prog folk band from Portugal whose first LPs were almost entirely reliant on the bouzouki. Although their registration at PA was refused, they are highly recommended to prog folk fans in general.

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