Between Smooth Jazz, World Fusion and New Age Music
Closed Published January 2nd, 2009 in General Music.Scheherazade is both the name of the narrator of the legendary age-old tales “One-Thousand-and-One Arabian Nights” as well as the title of composer and instrumentalist Al Conti’s latest album which quickly hit #1 on the international New Age Reporter airplay charts.
Scheherazade (pronounced sheh-hair-uh-zahd) is Conti’s third album and contains ten original world-fusion tunes that musically tell the storyteller’s story. The famous tales originated throughout Persia, Arabia and India more than 1, 100 years ago, and Conti gives the music a Middle Eastern ambiance utilizing the sounds of exotic instruments (hurdy gurdy, udu, sitar, tablas and tribal drums), but making the music appealing to modern audiences by also incorporating piano, violin, cello and acoustic guitar. Read more jazz news…