Jon Balke – Siwan – Nahnou Houm (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jon Balke – Siwan – Nahnou Houm (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:33 minutes | 861 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ECM

In 2009, Jon Balke, who’s been a resident at the ECM label for several years, embarks on the Siwan adventure, an international collective created in order to make the boundaries between world music, classical music and jazz sway. Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui and American trumpet player Jon Hassell are then among its copilots… Eightyears later, the Norwegian pianist revives this adventure by placing his exceptional instrumental forces at the service of a new voice, the one of Algerian singer Mona Boutchebak. With Siwan – Nahnou Houm, Balke and his musicians highlight the links between Arab music, Andalusian classical music and European baroque music that have ignited the sextagenarian Norwegian’s imagination when he started this project. To bring these sound scenes even closer, he set about putting into music Al Andalus’ poetry, reflecting an era of coexistence between the three great monotheistic religions. The strength as well as the singularity of Siwan is to never present itself as a historic project but on the contrary as a really contemporary swerve, delivered by an association of strong-minded musicians, putting their talents at the service of a singer deeply rooted in Arab traditional music.

Tracklist:

1-1. Jon Balke – Duda (05:38)
1-2. Jon Balke – Desmayar Se (02:35)
1-3. Jon Balke – Castigo (04:45)
1-4. Jon Balke – Del Rey (04:59)
1-5. Jon Balke – Ma Kontou (04:12)
1-6. Jon Balke – Nahnou Houm (06:40)
1-7. Jon Balke – ZemZemeh (02:09)
1-8. Jon Balke – Aun Bebiendo (04:30)
1-9. Jon Balke – Arco Y Flecha (03:22)
1-10. Jon Balke – Sin Nada Querer (04:42)
1-11. Jon Balke – Itimad (03:56)

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