Name: Django-Shift
Brand: Rez Abbasi

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

WR4762LP

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Colour

Black

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-08-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0630808828836

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

WR4762

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0630808828829

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Rez Abbasi

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Whirlwind Recordings

Whirlwind Recordings is a UK label for improvised music, based in London. Established in 2010 by Michael Janisch, this label has become a prominent force in the world of jazz and contemporary music.
With a focus on showcasing talented artists and performers, Whirlwind Recordings has built a reputation for releasing high-quality recordings that push the boundaries of genre and style. From cutting-edge jazz to experimental sounds, their diverse catalog offers something for every music lover.
As an authoritative voice in the industry, Whirlwind Recordings continues to nurture emerging talent while also collaborating with established musicians. Their commitment to innovation and creativity has earned them critical acclaim and a loyal following worldwide.

Rez Abbasi has established an enviable reputation over the course of his fourteen album releases as leader: not simply as one of the finest guitarists of his generation, but also as a musical alchemist with the ability to parlay his continent-crossing range of influences into consistently fresh and innovative compositions and reframings of the tradition. His deep musicality has been applied with equal conviction to contemporary New York acoustic jazz, the Qawwali and Indian Classical traditions of South Asia and the heady fusion sounds of the 1970s, each time applying the filter of his own musical personality to deliver inimitable results.

Commissioned to present a project on Django Reinhardt from the Freight &amp; Salvage's Django Festival in California, he boldly redefined his engagement by turning the focus away from Django, the codifier of the Sinti guitar vocabulary, and onto Django, the composer. Abbasi has kept Djangos' melodies intact and then infused each piece with his own compositional voice, adding elements of metric and harmonic expansion and allowing his collaborators room to add their own personalities to the mix.

These unique interpretations, alive with imaginative compositional interpolations and inspired improvisations, reframe this timeless music for the modern age.

Django-Shift

Music GB