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JAHIAR GROUP - Teheran (Orange World Records - OWCD003 / OWMC003) The JAHIAR GROUP was established in May 1998 in Lublin. It is an ensemble, consisting of international musicians, in which different cultures merge; Persian, Polish and Crimean Tatar. They are inspired by Persian, Turkish, Afghan, Hindi and Ukrainian music as well as by Polish melodies. The most characteristic instrument in their music is santoor but also percussion (darbuka, conga, djembe, udu), accordion and guitar. It is completed by wonderful, powerful, oriental voice of Jahiar Azim Irani - the leader of the band. At the beginning it was just a duo (vocal/ santoor & percussion) formed by Jahiar and Agnieszka Sylwia Kolczewska. Their first concert took place on "Radom Folk 98" festival where they were very well received. In September 98 duo transformed into quartet. Two new musicians joined the band: Slawomir Lukasiewicz (guitar) and Kurtmolla Abdulganiyev (accordion) - Crimean Tatar from the music school of Bahchisarai. In December 1998 the band won the third prize on "Mikolajki Folkowe" festival in Lublin. In 1999 they played a series of concerts in Poland and abroad: Sopot, Gryfino, Zabkowice Sl., Czestochowa, Warsaw, Kalisz, Frankfurt am Main, Erfurt. In August the same year the group was enriched by a percussion player Rafal Maj and in September Slawomir Lukasiewicz was replaced by Agnieszka Tomala. In December 1999 the band played again on the festival "Mikolajki Folkowe", but this time they won the first prize for the best folk / world group in Poland. In the middle of last year Jahiar Group recorded material in Cracow?s studio "Inigo", which is released by ORANGE WORLD. JAHIAR AZIM IRANI - born in July 1969 in Tehran (Iran). A vocalist, santoor player, composer and writer. He was raised in a musical family: his father was a singer, his mother a gaval player. Jahiar learned singing from his early years. His father was his first teacher. At the age of 9 he started playing santoor - led by a great master: Ali Asgar Zayadzand. His characteristic, powerful voice was received with respect not only in Iran but also in Turkey, Afghanistan, India and Syria (where he lived for a longer time). In Damascus Jahiar played in a band together with an oud virtuoso Khaled Fuad Heidar. In 1997 invited by Polish people he met in Syria, he came to Poland where he lives at the moment. Singing in seven languages and playing santoor with virtuosity, Jahiar Azim Irani gives a chance to listen and learn the real urban oriental music. Musicians: Jahiar Azim Irani - vocal, santoor, cymbaly (hammerde dulcimer) Agnieszka Sylwia Kolczewska - vocal, djembe, conga, percussion Agnieszka Tomala - guitar, tar, double bass Kurtmolla Abdulganijew - accordion, piano Rafal Maj - udu, darabuka, percussion Songs 1. Lejli Dzan muzyka i tekst - tradycyjne afganskie 2. Kwiat muz. trad. afganska / tekst - poeta perski Hafiz 3. Rahoi muz. Jahiar A.Irani / tekst trad. perski 4. Olmaz, Olmaz muzyka i tekst - tradycyjne tureckie 5. Noc zapadla muz. trad. perska / tekst trad. perski, tekst polski - A.Kolczewska 6. Zim, Zim muzyka i tekst - tradycyjne afganskie 7. Dziwne zycie muzyka i tekst - Jahiar A.Irani 8. Hinduska melodia muzyka i tekst - tradycyjne hinduskie 9. Donja Je Man muzyka - Jahiar A.Irani / tekst - poeta perski Moinie Kermanshahi 10. Dzanglar muzyka i tekst - Jahiar A.Irani, tekst polski - A.Kolczewska 11. Czom Ty Ne Pryszow muzyka i tekst - trad. ukrainskie 12. Teheran muzyka i tekst - Jahiar A.Irani, tekst polski - A.Kolczewska