The Wind (Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan album) explained

The Wind is an album by Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish bağlama player Erdal Erzincan, recorded in Istanbul in November 2004, mixed at Rainbow Studio in Oslo in 2006 and released on ECM in September later that year.^{[1] [2]} It was their first collaborative album and the result is a set of instrumental compositions that flow into each other like one continuous work.

Reception

Robin Denselow of The Guardian described the album as a "thoughtful, intriguing work."^[3]

Track list

• All music By Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan.

1. "Part I" - 5:45
2. "Part II" - 4:12
3. "Part III" - 4:39
4. "Part IV" - 3:42
5. "Part V" - 7:27
6. "Part VI" - 4:41
7. "Part VII" - 2:44
8. "Part VIII" - 3:58
9. "Part IX" - 5:58
10. "Part X" - 4:48
11. "Part XI" - 8:19
12. "Part XII" - 7:23

Personnel

• Kayhan Kalhor – kamancheh
• Erdal Erzincan – bağlama
• Ulaş Özdemir – divan bağlama

References

1. Jazz Times - Volume 37 p.72 2007 "Having worked with sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan in the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal (documented by ECM on 200 Is The Rain), Kalhor has now begun an exploration of Turkish musical traditions. The Wind places Kalhor in a ...
2. Web site: Background . 13 June 2014 . ECM.
3. Web site: Denselow. Robin. Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan, The Wind. The Guardian. 13 June 2014. 15 Dec 2006.