#amir elsaffar

[jgthirlwell]

06.24.25 A performance of Terry Riley's minimalist classic "In C" at Roulette Intermedium, in honor of Riley's 90th birthday.

Ryan Sawyer drums Nava Dunkelman percussion Michael Harrison piano Marina Rosenfeld piano Luke Stewart bass Zach Layton 17-String bass Wendy Eisenberg guitar Joel Harrison guitar David Watson guitar Kramer piccolo bass Claire Chase flute Laura Cocks flute Patrick Holmes clarinet Ned Rothenberg clarinet Sara Schoenbeck bassoon Ingrid Laubrock saxophone Matana Roberts saxophone Kevin Sun saxophone Jeff Tobias saxophone Amir ElSaffar trumpet Kyra Sims French horn Jay Rozen tuba Sam Kulik trombone Chris McIntyre trombone Reut Regev trombone Hahn Rowe violin Erica Dicker violin Jessica Pavone viola Alex Waterman cello Tomeka Reid cello Luke Dubois electronics Cenk Ergün electronics Yuka Honda electronics Paula Matthusen electronics Matt Mehlan electronics Phong Tran electronics Catherine Brookman voice Sophia Brous voice Raquel Acevedo Klein voice Nick Hallett voice Du Yun voice Zeena Parkins accordion Shelley Burgon lap harp

[totallyhussein-blog]

Let the music play with Amir ElSaffar, the Two Rivers Ensemble and Hamid al-Saadi

Amir ElSaffar was born and raised near Chicago, but his heart and soul are informed as much by Iraq as by Illinois. A multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer, ElSaffar marvelously marries Middle Eastern musical traditions with American jazz.

ElSaffar will make his Penn State debut April 4 in an Eisenhower Auditorium concert featuring his Two Rivers Ensemble and Iraqi vocalist Hamid Al-Saadi.

Amir ElSaffar — trumpeter, santur (hammered dulcimer) player, vocalist, and composer — is a master of diverse sounds. The Chicago-area native has distinguished himself by combining Middle Eastern traditions with jazz and other styles of music. 

ElSaffar, who has a degree in classical trumpet from DePaul University, is fluent in the idiom of jazz, but he has also created techniques to play microtones and ornaments associated with Arabic music that are rarely heard on trumpet.

Two Rivers Ensemble, a sextet, combines the musical languages and instrumentation of Iraqi maqam and contemporary jazz. The ensemble’s music speaks the vernacular of swing, improvisation, and group interaction.

Through his powerful and highly ornamented voice, and in his comprehensive knowledge of the intricate details of the music and poetry of Iraq, generations and layers of the maqam tradition resonate through Hamid al-Saadi. 

He is one of the few vocalists who is keeping the art alive today, at a time when so many elements of the tradition are in danger of extinction.

[newportjazzfest]

We're proud to present Wave 4 of our 2017 lineup: Branford Marsalis Quartet; Leslie Odom Jr.; Jazz 100: The Music of Dizzy, Mongo & Monk feat. Danilo Perez, Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Josh Roseman, Roman Diaz, Ben Street & Adam Cruz; Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Orchestra; DJ Logic's Project Logic; Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Bokanté feat. Michael League & Malika Tirolien; Benny Golson Quartet; Theo Croker; Cyrus Chestnut Trio; Jimmy Greene Quartet; George Burton Quintet; Gilad Hekselman; Marilyn Crispell; Orrin Evans; JoAnne Brackeen; and Peter Evans.

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[jgthirlwell]

11.09.24 Catherine Christer Hennix (1948-2023) memorial at Performance Space, NYC. For this memorial program, members of Hennix’s ensemble—Ellen Arkbro, Amir ElSaffar, Mattias Hållsten, Marcus Pal and Amedeo Maria Schwaller — presented Kamigaku in her absence, following the sonic ideals and performance practices that she specified - musicians should be allowed unrestricted space and time for them to be able to play (only) when they feel inspired and (only) for as long as they feel inspired.

Catherine Christer Hennix was a Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician and visual artist. As a musician, she worked with figures such as Pandit Pran Nath, La Monte Young, and Henry Flynt.

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[3garcons]

Amir ElSaffar's River of Sound Orchestra April 2022 at Troy Music Hall

First and 10 edition of standard grade session

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Amir ElSaffar's River of Sound Orchestra April 2022 at Troy Music Hall

First and 10 edition of above grade session

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