Souren Baronian

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Souren Baronian (born February 1930 in East Harlem , New York City ) is an American multi-instrumentalist ( clarinet , soprano saxophone , duduk , kaval , flutes , percussion ) and composer who is successful in both jazz and world music .

Live and act

Baronian, whose parents are from Armenia, grew up in Harlem. He got to know jazz in the clubs on 52nd Street . He was initially mainly influenced by Lester Young. After his return from the army in the Korean War , he received lessons from Lennie Tristano and the Turkish clarinetist Safet Gündeger. As early as the late 1950s, he was experimenting in the field of (later) ethnic jazz . He worked with musicians like Cannonball Adderley , Phil Woods , Joe Beck , Paul Motian , Don Cherry , Paul Winter and Carla Bley ( Escalator over the Hill ) on the one hand, with Udi Hrant Kenkulian, Mustafa Kandıralı , Kadri Şençalar, John Berberian and Tasos Halkias on the other with which he partly recorded. From 1975 he headed the Taksim group ; he is also on the road with the Trio Transition . He toured regularly in both the United States and Europe. He has performed at Lincoln Center , Carnegie Hall , Town Hall, and on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show . He taught numerous musicians to play the dumbek and also the riq . Tom Lord has nine recordings (between 1967 and 1998) with him in his Jazz Discography .

Fonts

  • Souren Baronian with JP Harpignies The Magic Carpet Ride: my life so far 2012; ISBN 1-4699-0681-3

Discographic notes

  • Transition Live in Switzerland (with Haig Manoukian, Cornelia Kraft, 1991)
  • Taksim It's About Time (1995)
  • Bob Tashjian & Souren Baronian with the Mid-Eastern Ensemble Middle Eastern Soul
  • Taksim Ocean Algae (2002)
  • Transition Desert Winds (with Haig Manoukian, Cornelia Kraft, 2008)
  • Souren Baronian & Mal Stein Sourcing Out (2012)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family Tree
  2. ↑ Taksim at All About Jazz
  3. ^ Souren Baronian's Magic Carpet Ride
  4. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Baronian, Souren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, soprano saxophone, duduk, kaval, flutes, percussion) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH East Harlem , New York City