Shahzad Ismaily
Shahzad Ismaily is an American musician and composer of Pakistani descent. His main instrument is the electric bass . He is active in the fields of rock and jazz , u. a. in the vicinity of the New York downtown scene .
Live and act
Ismaily was born in the United States to Pakistani immigrants . He completed a master's degree in biochemistry from Arizona State University . He traveled extensively to learn the music of different cultures. He visited, for example, Pakistan, India , Turkey , Mexico , Japan , Indonesia , Morocco and Iceland .
He plays a variety of instruments, including a. Electric and double bass , guitar , banjo , accordion , flute , drums and electronic instruments such as Moog . He is a member of the bands Ceramic Dog by Marc Ribot and Secret Chiefs 3 and collaborated a. a. with Laurie Anderson , Lou Reed , John Zorn , Colin Stetson , Jolie Holland , Laura Veirs , Bonnie Prince Billy , Faun Fables , Elysian Fields , Shelley Hirsch , Will Oldham , Nels Cline , Bill Frisell , Guillermo E. Brown , Graham Haynes , David Krakauer and Billy Martin . He was involved in the project The Road to Jajouka , in which many well-known jazz and rock musicians dealt with the music of the Master Musicians of Jajouka .
Ismaily regularly composes for theater and musicals. He is the author of the soundtrack for the film Frozen River .
He runs a record label called 88 Records.
Discographic notes
- Carla Kihlstedt / Shahzad Ismaily Flying Low (2004, Holy Night in the Outhouse)
- Carla Kihlstedt / Matthias Bossi / Shahzad Ismaily Causing a Tiger (2010, Les Disques Victo)
- Sanne van Hek / Angel Faraldo / Glenn Gaddum Jr. / Eve Risser / Trevor Dunn / Koen Kaptijn / Tjeerd Oostendorp / Oscar Noriega / Xavier Lopez / Fred Lyenn Jacques / Jesse Quattro / Shahzad Ismaily Network of Stoppages (2013, MLB)
With Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
- Party Intellectuals (2009, Pi Recordings )
- Your Turn (2013, Northern Spy)
With Secret Chiefs 3
- Book of Horizons (2004, Web of Mimicry)
- Path of Most Resistance (2007, Web of Mimicry)
- Book of Angels Vol. 9: Xaphan (2008, Tzadik )
- Traditionalists: Le mani destre degli ultimi uomini - The Severed Right Hands of the Last Men (2009, Web of Mimicry)
- Live at the Great American Music Hall 2007 +++ Aylaqruh: hurqalyA (2009, Web of Mimicry)
- Satellite Supersonic Vol 1 (2010, Web of Mimicry)
- Book of Souls: Folio A (2013, Web of Mimicry)
- Ishraqiyun: Perichoresis (2014, Web of Mimicry)
Web links
- Shahzad Ismaily at Discogs (English)
- Shahzad Ismaily in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Shahzad Ismaily. Pi Recordings , accessed on July 11, 2015 .
- ^ Shahzad Ismaily. IMDb , accessed on July 11, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Ismaily, Shahzad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bassist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |