The Wind (Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan album)

The Wind
Studio album by
Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2006
RecordedNovember 2004
StudioIstanbul, Turkey
GenreTraditional Middle Eastern Folk
Length63:34
LabelECM
ECM 1981
ProducerKayhan Kalhor, Manfred Eicher
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]

The Wind is an album by Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish bağlama player Erdal Erzincan, recorded in Istanbul in November 2004, mixed at Rainbow Studio in Oslo in 2006 and released on ECM in September later that year.[3][4] It was their first collaborative album and the result is a set of instrumental compositions that flow into each other like one continuous work.[2]

Reception

Robin Denselow of The Guardian described the album as a "thoughtful, intriguing work."[2]

Track list

  • All music By Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan.
  1. "Part I" - 5:45
  2. "Part II" - 4:12
  3. "Part III" - 4:39
  4. "Part IV" - 3:42
  5. "Part V" - 7:27
  6. "Part VI" - 4:41
  7. "Part VII" - 2:44
  8. "Part VIII" - 3:58
  9. "Part IX" - 5:58
  10. "Part X" - 4:48
  11. "Part XI" - 8:19
  12. "Part XII" - 7:23

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "The Wind". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Denselow, Robin (15 Dec 2006). "Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan, The Wind". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ Jazz Times - Volume 37 p.72 2007 "Having worked with sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan in the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal (documented by ECM on 200 Is The Rain), Kalhor has now begun an exploration of Turkish musical traditions. The Wind places Kalhor in a ...
  4. ^ "Background". ECM. Retrieved 13 June 2014.