Improvised performance in World Music
Finding the violin in unexpected places
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v3i3.305Keywords:
improvisation, violin, violinist, world musicAbstract
This article examines the careers as well as the personal and musical styles of six violinists across a spectrum of World Music during the second half of the twentieth century. The article argues that producers, promoters and managers should find ways to support virtuoso live performers in presenting their personal relationship to tradition and its transformation and fusion. This includes identifying the roles in which each individual musician feels most at ease and creative on the bandstage and in the recording studio, that is, whether he or she performs best as a leader, collaborator or sideman.
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CDs, DVDs, and films
CDs
Blue Flame. S. Shaheen and Qantara. Ark 21 Records, 2001.
Orchestra Rytmo Africa-Cubana. Alfredo De La Fe. Vol. 1, 1992.
Live at J’s Part 1. C. Williams. Arhoolie Records, 1993.
DVD
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown Live In New Orleans. C. G. Brown. Track 11: ‘Up Jumped The Devil’. Trad. Storyville Records, 1984.
Film
Louie Bluie. Dir. T. Zwigoff. Pacific Arts Video, 1985.
Feig, J. 2001. ‘Visionary Violinist’, Hinduism Today (March/April).
Hansen, A. 2004. ‘Writing Indigenous Belonging: Ownership in the Construction of Identity in Japan’. In The Politics of Multiple Belonging, eds Flemming Christiansen and Ulf Hedetoft, 221–38. London and Burlington: Ashgate.
Hutnyk, J. 2009. ‘Diasporic Music in a Time of War’. In World Music: Roots and Routes, ed. Tuulikki Pietilä. Helsinki: Collegium for Advanced Studies e-book series, vol. 6: http:// www.helsinki.fi/collegium/e-series/volumes/volume_6/index.htm (accessed August 2006).
Peraza, C. A. “Chombo Silva: A Tribute to the Magician of Baracoa.” New York City: Latin Jazz Network.
Said, E. 1979. Orientalism. New York: Vintage.
Internet sources
Brown, Clarence Gatemouth: biography. http://www.gatemouth.com/bio.htm
De La Fe, Alfredo: biography. http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/de_la_fe_alfredo/bio.jhtml
De La Fe, Alfredo: violinist Alfredo De La Fe is back with beautiful music and a message. J. Varela, reprinted in Latin Beat Magazine, March 2003. Looksmart. http://www. findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is2_13/ai_100731482/print (accessed August 2006).
De La Fe, Alfredo: European Jazz Network Musicians. http://www.ejn.it/mus/delafe.htm
Shaheen, Simon: biography. AOL Music. http://music.channel.aol.com/artist/main. adp?tab=bio&artistid=3432
Shaheen, Simon: Maqam Arabic Music. http://www.maqam.com/artists/shaheen.shtml
Shaheen, Simon: Global Village Idiot. http://www.globalvillageidiot.net/shaheen.htm
Shaheen, Simon: Concert Schedule: The Near East Music Ensemble. http://www.heartheworld.org/touring/upcoming/SimonShaheen_ (accessed August 2006).
Shanka, L.: Profile by L. Underwood. Reprinted from Downbeat Magazine, November 2, 1978. http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/mclaughlin/art/shankar.html
Shankar, L.: Wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._
Shankar Williams, Claude ‘Fiddler’: biography. AOL Music. http://music.channel.aol.com/artist/ main.adp?tab=bio&artistid=138072
Williams, Claude: biography: Excerpted from progressive CD liner notes, 1995. http://shoko. calarts.edu/~chung/artists/ClaudeWilliamsbio.html (accessed August 2006).
CDs, DVDs, and films
CDs
Blue Flame. S. Shaheen and Qantara. Ark 21 Records, 2001.
Orchestra Rytmo Africa-Cubana. Alfredo De La Fe. Vol. 1, 1992.
Live at J’s Part 1. C. Williams. Arhoolie Records, 1993.
DVD
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown Live In New Orleans. C. G. Brown. Track 11: ‘Up Jumped The Devil’. Trad. Storyville Records, 1984.
Film
Louie Bluie. Dir. T. Zwigoff. Pacific Arts Video, 1985.
Published
2009-09-06
Issue
Section
Articles
How to Cite
Feig, J. (2009). Improvised performance in World Music: Finding the violin in unexpected places. Popular Music History, 3(3), 305-323. https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v3i3.305
