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The Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective is a special new quartet that blends modern jazz with Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk music, and is delighted to debut at the Green Note after a series of celebrated sold-out gigs around London. It is a fully international group comprising some of London’s busiest jazz musicians in a totally unique setting:
– acclaimed Irish-Iranian jazz guitarist Kourosh Kanani (Ibrahim Maloof, Ali Azimi etc.)
– one the finest Iranian folk musicians in London, Parham Bahadoran on reeds (zurna, duduk and more)
– Italian-English bassist and stalwart of the London jazz scene Lorenzo Morabito (Giacomo Smith, Peter Horsfall, Mark Kavuma etc.)
– Londoner Robbie Ellison (Steve Fishwick, Frank Basile, Sara Dowling, Eric Alexander etc.) on drums.
The group explores the intersection of jazz and a bricolage of Middle Eastern musical traditions from two perspectives: that of material from the jazz canon inspired by West Asia; and that of the group’s own jazz-flavoured arrangements and renditions of Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk tunes.
’Maydan’ means ‘town square’ or ‘public meeting-place’. Originating in Farsi, the word now finds usage in Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Georgian and Ukrainian. In taking this name, the group recognises first and foremost that diverse musical traditions find commonality by their grounding in communal life and social practice, while embracing the subversive political potential of music as a collective, convivial act.
Doors open 7pm, Music starts 8.30pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited, and available on a first come first served basis, so if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
