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As Ney
Cyminology, Benedikt Jahnel, Ralf Schwarz
As Ney
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, Pop
 
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ECM debut for a young, global band already making waves in Europe. Cyminology proposes a unique intercultural chamber jazz, by turns poetic, sensual, melancholic, dynamic and pulsating. Based in Berlin the band features a ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Cyminology, Benedikt Jahnel, Ralf Schwarz, Ketan Bhatti, Cymin Samawatie
Title: As Ney
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: ECM Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 5/5/2009
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, Pop
Styles: World Dance, Jazz Fusion, Modern Postbebop, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 602517801493, 0602517801493

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ECM debut for a young, global band already making waves in Europe. Cyminology proposes a unique intercultural chamber jazz, by turns poetic, sensual, melancholic, dynamic and pulsating. Based in Berlin the band features a singer of Iranian descent, an Indian drummer, a French-born pianist and a German bassist. Leader Cymin Samawatie is not only a charismatic frontwoman but also the author of most of the band s material. She writes texts in Farsi (Persian) and sets them to her own music, often developed through improvising As well as her own lyrics, Cymin also sings classic Sufi texts from Rumi and Hafez, masters of Persian poetry, and 20th verse of Iranian proto-feminist Farough Farrokhzãd.

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