Disambiguation Christy Doran & Imran Khan

• 1 Disambiguation 07:04
• 2 Ode to Johnny Doran 10:03
• 3 The Day They Came 07:10
• 4 Continuum V 05:42
• 5 Taal Pravaah 03:38
• 6 Mantra On An Irish Stream 05:53
• 7 Haute Savoie 06:01
• 8 Dark Slender Boy 05:53
• Total Runtime 51:24

Info zu Disambiguation

Auf „Disambiguation“ tut sich die Gitarristin und Komponistin Christy Doran mit dem indischen Tabla-Spieler Imran Khan zusammen und präsentiert ein lebendiges, genreübergreifendes Duo-Album, das Rock-Energie, Blues-Feeling, Jazz-Improvisation, irische Melodien und den subtilen rhythmischen Fluss der klassischen indischen Musik vereint.

Dorans Gitarrenspiel ist unverkennbar: schimmernde Texturen, prägnante rhythmische Akzente, explosive Soli, komplexe Muster und ein furchtloses Gespür für Bewegung. Nach sechs Jahrzehnten musikalischer Erkundungen kehrt er hier mit neuer Klarheit zu den Wurzeln zurück, die sein Spiel geprägt haben: Blues, Rock, Hendrix, McLaughlin, Improvisation und in jüngerer Zeit die irische Musik seines familiären Erbes. Anklänge an Uilleann-Pipe-Melodien sind in Stücken wie „Ode to Johnny Doran“ und „Dark Slender Boy“ zu hören, in denen folkloristisches Material in Dorans ganz eigene, höchst persönliche Klangwelt verwandelt wird.

Imran Khans Tabla sorgt sowohl für den Puls als auch für die Atmosphäre. Als herausragender Vertreter der Delhi-Gharana verleiht Khan der Musik Wärme, Klarheit und expressive Tiefe. Seine sanft wechselnden rhythmischen Muster schaffen einen Raum, in dem sich Dorans akustische und elektrische Gitarren frei zwischen Schwung, Abstraktion, Lyrik und Intensität bewegen können.

Der Albumtitel verweist auf eine Art künstlerischer Klärung. Die Mehrdeutigkeiten werden nicht vereinfacht, sondern beleuchtet. In Stücken wie „Disambiguation“, „Haute Savoie“, „Taal Pravaah“ und „Mantra On An Irish Stream“ schafft das Duo Musik, die fließend, kraftvoll und tief verwurzelt ist, dabei aber stets offen für Überraschungen bleibt.

„Disambiguation“ ist ein Zusammentreffen zweier unverwechselbarer musikalischer Stimmen: Christy Dorans weitreichende Gitarrenkunst und Imran Khans raffinierte Tabla-Tradition. Gemeinsam schaffen sie einen Klang, der direkt, experimentell und voller Tiefe ist.

„Das Album verlangt vom Hörer nicht, sich zwischen Welten zu entscheiden. Es lädt uns ein, zu hören, wie Welten nebeneinander existieren können. Und in diesem Raum zwischen dem klar Definierten und dem Geheimnisvollen finden Christy Doran und Imran Khan etwas Wunderbares, Lebendiges.“ (Lauren Wulff, jazzblues.eu)

Christy Doran, Gitarre
Imran Khan, Tabla

Christy Doran
born in Dublin, Ireland, living in Lucerne/CH "Celebrated Swiss guitarist CHRISTY DORAN assets pertain to his indefatigable creative sparks, evidenced by his work in jazz-rock, avant-garde jazz improvisation or when tackling world music. And from a fundamental shedding perspective, he could hold his own with most if not all of the present guitar heroes." GLENN ASTARITA, New York (AAJ) Christy became internationally known thanks to his collaboration in the "electric jazz/free music" group "OM" (1972-82 and 2006 to present). The trio "RED TWIST & TUNED ARROW" (1985-87, with Stephan Wittwer and Fredy Studer) and the project "DORAN-STUDER-MINTON-BATES & ALI play the music of JIMI HENDRIX" (1990-94), (later “STUCKY-DORAN-STUDER & TACUMA / JORDI)” received rapid international recognition in the field of tension of composition and improvisation. Doran has performed countless solo and duo concerts worldwide, including with Ray Anderson, Marty Ehrlich, Fritz Hauser, Robert Dick and Yang Jing. 1997 he founded “Christy Doran’s NEW BAG” with whom he produced 8 cd’s for Double Moon Records and Between the Lines Records. 2016 he wrote a composition for “144 Strings for a Broken Chord”, 20 electric guitars, 4 electric basses and drums. In addition to OM, Doran's current projects include "Christy Doran's SOUND FOUNTAIN" (with Lukas Mantel on drums and the Argentine e-bassist Franco Fontanarrosa), Âme Sèche (with Walter Faehndrich, Remo Schnyder, Benedikt Vonder Muell), the interdisciplinary project AEROSOLS, Christy Doran Solo Guitar & Loops, "Triangulation" (with Anna Murphy, John Wolf Brennan and Patrice Héral) as well as the guitar duo with Franz Hellmueller and his collaboration with Reto Weber’s SQUEEZEBAND and Percussion Orchestra. A new trio with Wolfgang Zwiauer/b and Lukas Mantel/dr is in preparation. As a sideman he is engaged in several projects.

Christy Doran was awarded for many prizes, such as the Art Prize of the City of Lucerne in 2003. His name was included in the series "European Jazz Legends" by the renowned magazine "Jazz Thing” (Berlin) in 2017. 2020 he received the Swiss Music Prize. He performs around the globe. He wrote filmmusic, was engaged in several interdisciplinary projects, was professor at the University of Applied Science and Arts Lucerne/CH and has been giving masterclasses all over the world.

Imran Khan
comes from a family of traditional musicians, Imran started playing tabla at the age of 7 and learned from the best… His grandfather is the great tabla Maestro Ustad Faiyaz Khan with whom he has shared the stage at several occasions.

In the past decade Imran Khan has been accompanying many renowned artists and has given many solo performances, both in India and Internationally. He performed in many countries including Japan, Korea, England, The Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia and Nigeria. Imran has played at prestigious festivals and venues like Habitat Center (Delhi), Kamani Auditorium (Delhi), Embassy of Mexico (Delhi), Asian Music Conference (JPN), Saitama Arts Theatre (JPN), Yeakdang - National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Seoul, KR), Indian Arts Delegation (Lagos, NGA), Concertgebouw Amsterdam (NLD), Peace Palace Den Haag (NLD), Stockholm Sangeet Sabha (SWE), Hytt Dreva Festival (SWE), Copenhagen World Music Festival (DNK) and many more. His performances have been broadcasted on TV frequently and some of them are available online too.

Some of India's greatest artists have been accompanied by Imran Khan, including Ustad Aashish Khan (Sarod), Pandit Madhup Mudgal (Vocal), Shri Jagdeep Singh Bedi (Sitar), Faiyaz Khan (Sarangi), Shri Veena Murdur (Vocal) and Shrimati Meera Prasad (Sitar).

In 2019 and from 2022 to this date, Imran undertakes his own tours to Europe. During these tours Imran plays with various artists, both from Europe and India.

Next to his performances Imran is an enthusiastic teacher and accompanies students at Delhi's famous music institute Gandharava Mahavidyalaya. From 2006 to 2010 he was a dedicated teacher at Delhi's National Bal Bhavan’s Summer Camp. In 2019 he taught music to aspiring musicians of different age groups in a summer camp organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi. Imran works online too and teaches with great passion to international students from Europe and the US.

In 2010 Imran received a National Scholarship by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. In 2007 he received awards by Delhi Tabla Vikas Parishad and 'SA MA PA’. Next to that he has also been part of the national archiving of classical music at the Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet