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In 1968, Turkish whirling dervishes accepted an invitation by
UNESCO to perform in Paris for the first time, to the delight and
fascination of French audiences. Kudsi Erguner, a Sufi musician
specialising in the ney (reed flute), was amongst them, and
accompanied the dervishes throughout their subsequent tours of
Europe and the United States. Istanbul's Sufi community. In the
tekke, the traditional meeting-places for dervishes, he grew close
to the last great representatives of this community and was
inspired by their words and music. He experienced their
astonishment at the growing interest of Westerners in a culture the
elders believed was doomed to extinction under the repressive laws
of the Turkish authorities. In the West, Erguner would go on to
meet other adepts of Eastern spirituality, including disciples of
G. I. Gurdjieff and adherents of traditional music. He thus became
aware of the fascination that the East exerted on Westerners, as
well as the misunderstandings arising from this attraction.
community, but also to relate the encounter of traditional Sufi
culture with the Western world. He raises issues relating to the
transmission of a teaching both musical and spiritual and the role
of a 'traditional' musician.
A highly effective and comprehensive book for developing complete
technical and musical skills on the saxophone. This Volume One
Berklee Workshop features innovative exercises, solos and
performance tools that will help you learn melody, harmony, rhythm
and improvisation techniques for the saxophone. Covers general
practice tips, all major scales and related modes, plus 210
exercises designed to enable students to perform any major scale,
beginning on any scale degree.
This memoir tells the insightful and illuminating tale of Jack
Howard's lifelong musical journey - from his early classical music
years through to the heady days of leading the horns section in
iconic Australian rock bank band, Hunters & Collectors. He
toured world-wide with Midnight Oil in 2017 on their Great Circle
tour and his blog from that time formed the basis for this book.
Jack Howard is the only trumpeter to be inducted into the ARIA
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. He writes with passion and eloquence
about his successful solo career and his work with acts such as:
Rodriguez, The Break, The Violent Femmes, The Living End, You Am I
and many more. He has been described as 'one of the great quiet
achievers of Australian music'. Authentic, self-deprecating and
darkly humorous, Small Moments of Glory will take you inside the
mind and the music of one of Australia's most distinctive voices.
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