Gordon Grdina

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Gordon Grdina (born February 18, 1977 ) is a Canadian jazz guitarist and oud player .

Live and act

Grdina worked with her own formations in Vancouver from the 2000s ; In 2002 he recorded his debut album The Grdina Trio (with James Danderfer and Simon Fisk). On his album Unlearn: Gordon Grdina's Box Cutter worked a. a. also François Houle with. In 2006 Grdina presented the album Think Like the Waves , recorded in a trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian , at Songlines , which combined elements of Arabic music and jazz genres. In the field of jazz he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 2001 and 2012.

Grdina works with her own trio (consisting of Tommy Babin, bass, and Kenton Loewen, drums) as well as with his ten-member Haram ensemble , as well as with Mats Gustafsson , Tony Malaby , Mark Helias , Kent Kessler and Jeb Bishop .

Discographic notes

  • New Rules for Noise: Gordon Grdina's Box Cutter (Spool, 2007), with François Houle, Karlis Silins, Kenton Loewen
  • Barrel Fire (2009), with Mats Gustafsson, Tommy Babin, Kenton Loewen
  • Her Eyes Illuminate (Songlines, 2012)
  • No Difference (Songlines, 2012), with Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Kenton Loewen
  • Inroads (Songlines, 2018)
  • Ejdeha (Songlines, 2018)
  • Cooper's Park (Songlines, 2019)
  • Matthew Shipp , Mark Helias , Gordon Grdina: Skin and Bones ( NotTwo Records , 2019)
  • Safar-E-Daroon (Songlines, 2020)
  • Resist (Irabbagast Records, 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 29, 2014)
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Vancouver's Gordon Grdina finds his sweet spot between jazz and Arabic music in Chicago Reader (2013)
personal data
SURNAME Grdina, Gordon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz guitarist and oud player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th February 1977