Iranian jazz

Music of Iran
General topics
Genres
Specific forms
Media and performance
Music awards Musicema Awards
Music festivals
Music media
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem
Other
Regional music

Iranian jazz refers to jazz music composed by Iranian musicians, occasionally influenced by Iranian classical music.

History

Early years

Jazz music emerged in Iran along with the development of pop music in the 1960s and 1970s.

Alfred Lazaryan, a 1960s Iranian singer and dancer, was one of the pioneers of jazz music in Iran.[1] His first recorded song Venus, which was frequently broadcast by the Iranian national radio, was one of the very first jazz songs composed with Persian lyrics.

Viguen, Iran's "Sultan of Pop and Jazz Music", was a prominent singer of the 1960s and 1970s in Iran.

Viguen, a prominent singer of the same period, was known as "the Sultan of Jazz".[2] He created some of the most memorable Iranian songs, including collaborations with Delkash.

After the 1979 Revolution

A music group named Ijaz was the first officially sanctioned jazz band to be formed in post-revolutionary Iran.[3] They produced jazz fusion, with influences from Iranian classical music.

Rana Farhan, a popular Iranian jazz and blues singer living in New York,[4] combines classic Persian poetry with modern jazz and blues.[5] She has established a model to the jazz fusion project that she continues to incorporate in her work.

Bomrani, founded in 2008 by Behzad Omrani, is one of the first country blues bands formed in post-revolutionary Iran.[6] They began with several experimental performances in cafes, and gradually developed with their theater music projects and performances at the City Theater of Tehran.[7]

Pallett Band, established in 2009, is a successful Iranian band composing jazz fusion of clarinet, cello and double bass.[6] Their album Mr. Violet achieved big success within the country in 2015.[8] They have also performed in several European countries.

There are several other artists, inside and outside of the country, who have composed jazz music. Ziba Shirazi, an Iranian-American singer, poet and storyteller, sings jazz protest songs with mainly feminist concepts.[9]

Samples
Man Mast o To Divāne
A sample of the song Man Mast o To Divāne by Rana Farhan.
Problems playing this file? See media help.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "An Interview with Alfred Lazaryan (گفتگوئی با آلفرد لازاریان)". Sepid-o-Siah magazine (مجله سپید و سیاه) (in Persian) (956/1350 ed.). Tehran, Iran.
  2. ↑ Saba, Sadeq (Oct 27, 2003). "Iranian pop legend dies at 74". BBC News. Retrieved Aug 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "اولین کنسرت رسمی موسیقی جاز بعد از انقلاب". Bultan News. Dec 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Curiel, Jonathan (September 24, 2013). "Rana Farhan Sings the 'Persian Blues'". KQED Arts. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Smith, Emily Esfahani (August 30, 2011). "Music: Persian Poetry Gets the Blues". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Iranian blues and jazz bands find fans in Tehran". Reuters. Nov 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ "About". Bomrani (official website).
  8. ↑ "About". Pallett Music (official website).
  9. ↑ "Biography". Ziba Shirazi (official website).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.