release date: 18.02.2022 via Attaboygirl Records
The prolific Vancouver-based guitarist, composer, improviser and master oud player Gordon Grdina releases two extraordinary new albums February 18, 2022 on his Attaboygirl Records label. Each finds Grdina collaborating with one of modern jazz’s most innovative and creative minds. The first to put your attention to is Night’s Quietest Hour documenting the meeting of guitar experimentalist Marc Ribot with Grdina’s Arabic music ensemble Haram.
Gordon Grdina
Gordon Grdina is a JUNO Award-winning oud/guitarist whose career has spanned continents, decades and constant genre exploration throughout avant-garde jazz, free form improvisation, contemporary indie rock and Arabic. His singular approach to the instruments has earned him recognition from the highest ranks of the jazz/improv world. Grdina has performed and collaborated with a wide array of field-leading artists including Gary Peacock, Paul Motion, Marc Ribot, Mark Helias, Mats Gustafsson, Hank Roberts, Mark Feldman, Eyvind Kang, Colin Stetson, Mat Maneri, Christian Lilinger, Matt Mitchell and Jim Black.
He currently leads multiple ensembles in Vancouver and New York, including the Gordon Grdina Quartet with Oscar Noriega, Russ Lossing, and Satoshi Takeishi; The Marrow with Hank Roberts, Mark Helias, Hamin Honari, and Josh Zubot; Square Peg with Christian Lillinger, Mat Maneri, and Shahzad Ismaily; Nomad Trio with Matt Mitchell and Jim Black; The Gordon Grdina Septet with Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, Kenton Loewen, Tommy Babin, Eyvind Kang and Jon Irabagon; and Haram, an Arabic/avant-garde ensemble that re-envisions the Arabic, Persian and Sudanese repertoire of the 50’s and 60’s from a modern improviser’s lens.
Gordon Grdina’s Haram with special guest Marc Ribot – Night’s Quietest Hour
Attaboygirl Records – ABG-3 – Recorded Feb. 29, 2020
Release date February 18, 2022
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