Tigran Hamasyan
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Topic: Tigran Hamasyan
Posted By: The Pessimist
Subject: Tigran Hamasyan
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 06:15
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He's an absolute motherf***** of a jazz piano player, but he is also a wonderful composer, mixing jazz with Armenian folk music with prog rock. I think he'd fit right in the Jazz/Fusion section here. His latest album is astonishingly good: And so is his album Red Hail: I'd say it's a no brainer! I personally really love his solo album A Fable too, worth checking out. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 06:49
Could you please add a little more info on him as well as some more music (maybe a link or two)? This is not nearly enough to base an evaluation on. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 09:08
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This dude is already here...at least partly he is! The 'Red Hail' album was recorded as 'Arrata Rebirth', which is how Tigran represents himself on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aratta.rebirth" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/aratta.rebirth , and lo and behold - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6275" rel="nofollow - Arrata Rebirth is already here, with a full biography of Tigran's past exploits too, but only the ' http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=35858" rel="nofollow - Red Hail ' album included on Aratta Rebirth's page on PA, which seems fair enough. On http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tigran_hamasyan" rel="nofollow - RYM Red Hail is listed together with Tigran's solo stuff though, with no mention of Arrata Rebirth anywhere on the site. Confused? - Me too!!! I think we just need to throw this straight over to the JR/F team and let them sort it out!  Anyhow - for more samples there is https://myspace.com/tigranhamasyan/music/albums" rel="nofollow - https://myspace.com/tigranhamasyan/music/albums (Tigran's latest album from 2013 - 'Shadow Theater' is there, plus some earlier stuff). To listen to music from the Red Hail album go to https://myspace.com/arattar/music/songs" rel="nofollow - https://myspace.com/arattar/music/songs . More info here: http://www.tigranhamasyan.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.tigranhamasyan.com/ and here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tigran-Hamasyan-official-page/106915296001772" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tigran-Hamasyan-official-page/106915296001772 . Some live tubes: And there's loads more... He also played on Tunisian jazz vocalist and oud player http://www.dhaferyoussef.com/" rel="nofollow - Dhafer Youssef 's highly acclaimed 2010 jazz fusion album ' http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dhafer_youssef/abu_nawas_rhapsody/" rel="nofollow - Abu Nawas Rhapsody '. Edit: You'll find a boatload of his stuff on soundcloud too - just do a general search: https://soundcloud.com/#search?q=Tigran%20Hamasyan" rel="nofollow - https://soundcloud.com/#search?q=Tigran%20Hamasyan , and start wading through it!! And there's about half an hour's worth (three tracks) of the 'Abu Nawas Rhapsody' album played live below (from around 12:54 to 41:16 in the video), with Tigran tinkling the ivories:  |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 10:49
Cheers for the help my fellow Midlandser! I think you've pretty much covered it... The hour and a half video is probably the best one to check out. Here's a personal favourite of mine from that, and it's half of a two parter so that must be prog right?  Nate Wood is such an incredible drummer too... Fun fact, he also played with the pop band The Calling. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 11:29
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I've listened to Red Hail. Probably one of the best contemporary jazz albums I've heard in the past few years. Really good stuff and incorporates its rock and folk influences a lot more effectively than most. Aratta Rebirth is classified under JR/F in JMA, so I don't see why not here.
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