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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Here's a wonderful, and, dare I say it, prayerful, live performance of the title track from Jamshied Sharifi's album "A Prayer for the Soul of Layla" by bassist Pedro Aznar.Sharifi was born in Topeka, Kansas to a Persian father and an American mother. His mom took him to church and exposed him to Western classical music (his father exposed him to jazz and Middle Eastern music). And wow, does the keyboard part of this little elegy sound "Church-y." Sharifi started piano lessons at age 5.
Sharifi earned a degree in Humanities from MIT (color me envious) and then went on to a stellar career at Berklee, becoming an ensemble leader and teacher after graduation. He has done a lot of work in films such as the remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair" as well as TV work.
AFAIK, this song title has nothing to do with the Eric Clapton song. In the Mideast, Layla, which in Arabic literally means "Night" (as in "One Thousand and One Nights"--ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) connotes a woman with black hair. Or... perhaps a sad woman.
Sharifi's whole album is worth your attention, and it is up on QOBUZ.
And Pedro Aznar's studio album is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLacX7u-Os2iM8eQWxlgGoVmVEu9tPQPzd
amb,
john
PS: I LOVE the audience reaction at the end of the video.
Edits: 12/27/22
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