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Eldar Djangirov: Rhapsodize
by Jim Worsley
Riding the crest since his powerful mid-2000s debut, pianist Eldar Djangirov entertains with a myriad of styles, shapes and colors. They all seem to fit him as well as personally designed piano shoes. It falls short to say that this record is dynamic. It fuses genres into a singular, yet wide, creation that features seven original compositions and four imaginative interpretations from Bach to Dizzy Gillespie and from Soundgarden to Art Tatum. The trio is energized, and completed by bassist ...
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by Mike Jurkovic
Eldar Djangirov... None other than Dave Brubeck declared him a genius. Dr. Billy Taylor called his music a brilliantly complex discipline." So, when inevitably asked who the masters of their craft may or may not be, does Eldar Djangirov immediately roll off anyone's tongue? More than likely not. And, with more than a handful of hot releasesthe 2007 Grammy-nominated Re-Imagination (Sony Music), the flawless and much acclaimed Three Stories (Sony Music, 2011) and the mad energy rush of ...
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