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The Lady of Khartoum

by Garrison Fewell / Eric Hofbauer

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The Lady of Khartoum is an eclectic series of duets by Boston-based guitarist/composers Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer. Inspired by the deeper roots of jazz in the music of West Africa, Persia and the Arabic-Islamic world, this intergenerational duo’s music juxtaposes ancient traditions with the language and techniques of contemporary improvisation. “It seemed to both Garrison and Eric that the music of several cultures, reshaped over several tempestuous centuries, pulses through jazz of the 21st century,” writes journalist Ed Hazell in the liner notes. “And they put that knowledge to use in subtle and beautiful ways on this album of duets.” The pieces, most of which are completely improvised, reference such diverse elements as Congolese mythology, Delta blues, Sun Ra, a muezzin’s call to prayer and the sonorities of traditional instruments such as the oud, kora and African thumb piano. The duo also adds two original compositions to the mix, as well as interpretations of music by Thelonious Monk and John Tchicai.

credits

released July 9, 2018

Garrison Fewell:
guitar, slide, sticks, bells and percussion

Eric Hofbauer:
guitar, metal box, sticks and percussion

All tracks composed by Fewell/Hofbauer, except 7
(Monk), 12 (Tchicai/Fewell), 13 (Hofbauer) and 15
(Tchicai).
Recorded April and May 2006 at Bristol Studios
in Boston, MA.

…this extraordinary duo session makes most of Bill Frisell’s records seem one-dimensional.
—Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 9th Edition

This freewheeling pan-cultural duo helps show that jazz’s family tree has some pretty deep roots.
—Nathan Turk, Signal To Noise

…this duet session from Boston-area guitarists Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer both dazzles and beguiles…A diaspora of titles alludes to the wide ranging influences brought to bear through this delightful but uncompromising set…[a] richly rewarding disc, resonant of other cultures and other times, yet firmly of its own.
—John Sharpe, AllAboutJazz.com

Like conversations between two distant friends, the dialogs of these skilled improvisers speak of familiar and unfamiliar territories that are at many times intriguing and trans-cultural. The opening dissonant plucks heard on the “Prologue: Before the Dream,” the gut-bucket blues in “Dogon Delta Blues,” or the rural patchwork of the title selection, all suggest locales that are at once foreign and native. The recording ends with its longest and most emotive number, “Farsighted Friendship,” a fitting conclusion to a memorable work of creativity.
—Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz.com

The Lady of Khartoum, a series of duets between the Boston guitarists Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer, is a lesson in advanced harmonics as well as a tour of global improvised music. You hear Louisiana, Africa, and the Middle East in these songs crafted from two guitars and a boxful of percussive toys.
—Steve Greenlee, JazzTimes

Two criminally undersung guitarists meet for a gentle but probing series of duets on The Lady of Khartoum…a love song to the guitar, in all its idiomatic strangeness, by two fine practicioners. And it’s a vibrant, imaginative, and—wait for it—fun record.
—Jason Bivins, Cadence

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A close friendship and musical kinship is at the heart of the multiple collaborations between Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer. Two guitarists across generations who shared a single spirit of adventurous joy through improvisation.

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