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Strunz & Farah - Heat Of The Sun (1994)

Genre: Jazz Fusion, World Fusion, Instrumental Virtuoso

In Heat Of The Sun, we savor the harvest of fiftteen years of close, harmonious collaboration between two of the world's finest guitarists, Jorge Strunz from Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah from Iran. Improvisation is vital to the duo's music--each piece has a solo section where each player freely improvises, like a bird taking flight, capturing the spirit of the moment. They are in the vanguard of an innovative, international style of virtuoso playing that has been called "global guitar" or "latin guitar". On Heat Of The Sun, the guitarra latina (played with the hand) and the guitarra morisca (played with a pick) meet again and come full circle. ~ Buy It at Lowest Price on Amazon

My first taste of the music of Strunz and Farah came roughly 15 years ago when I heard them on Austin's independent radio station KGSR. The DJ did not mention who they were, so I pulled off the road, called the station and got the name of the group and the album (Primal Magic). I liked what I heard so much that I detoured over to Waterloo Records and bought it on cassette.

Since that time, I have enjoyed many other Strunz and Farah recordings and have yet to hear a bad one.

Their earliest work while they were still in the process of establishing their style is sometimes repetitious and somewhat mediocre, but most of what I've heard is in the four to five star category, so the problem becomes trying to sort out the best from the rest. And since there is a superficial sameness to a lot of their music, albeit on a very high plane, the sorting becomes difficult.

Though I have not heard everything the duo has recorded, I've heard most of it. When Heat of the Sun was initially issued, availability was spotty perhaps because it was issued on a small independent label. I bought it on sight and when I put it in the CD player, it blew me away. Sometimes Strunz and Farah just play, and play very well, but on Heat of the Sun they play with a rare gusto that suggests syncronicity with their muse.

I like the entire CD a lot and it stands tall after ten years as one of the best of its genre. My favorites are the sprightly Jardin, the smoldering Dark Fire, the virtuoso title cut, the languid Recuerdo, the mellow La Tinaja, and what I consider the CD's best song, the dreamy soundscape that is Terremoto.

Its difficult to keep up with all the great music that comes out year after year, and especially difficult to keep up with a group as prolific as Strunz and Farah. So if you have just a couple of Strunz and Farah recordings in your collection, one of them should be Heat of the Sun, because it is definitely one of their best. I most highly recommend it. ~ Review by Kurt Harding @

Tracklisting:

1. Curandero (4:23)

2. Chumash (3:43)

3. Suenos (Part 1) (4:42)

4. Suenos (Part 2) (3:33)

5. Zambalera (4:41)

6. Tropico (5:19)

7. Talisman (4:12)

8. The Feathered Serpent (4:32)

9. Mirage (5:43)

Total Time: 40:48

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Line-Up:

- Jorge Strunz / Acoustic Guitar, All Rhythm Guitars, Coro Voice ( 11), Production

- Ardeshir Farah / Acoustic Guitar, Production

- Eliseo Borrero / Bass, Coro Voice ( 11)

- Paul Tchounga / Drums

- Long John Oliva / Percussion, Congas, Bongos, Timbales, Cajon ( 3, 8, 9), Coro Voice ( 11)

- Luis Conte / Percussion, Hand Percussion ( 3,, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11), Timbales ( 10)

- Cassio Duarte / Percussion, Dumbec ( 9)

- Ibrahim Parreno / Keyboards ( 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10), Coro Voice ( 11)

- Charlie Bisharat / Violin ( 5)

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