Gordon Grdina albums. It's not every jazz musician who doubles on guitar and oud (the centuries-old Middle Eastern forerunner of the mandolin), but Gordon Grdina makes the combination work. He brought 14 difficult originals to the studio for a recording session with veterans ...

Gordon Grdina music CDs. Recording information: Open Space, Victoria, BC (12/09/2006-11/28/2007); Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (12/09/2006-11/28/2007). Photographer: Paul Grdina. Personnel: Gordon Grdina (electric guitar, oud); Jesse Zubot (violin); Eyvind Kang (viola); Peggy Lee (cello). Audio Mixers: Graemme Brown; Graeme Brown.

Gordon Grdina CD discography. Gordon Grdina, guitar; Francois Houle, clarinets; Karlis Silins,bass; Kenton Loewen, drums. Box Cutter cuts through stylistic boundaries. Theplayers weave in and out of free-form improvisations, grooves, and lyricalmelodic statements with equal enjoyment. The band leaves no stone unturned,making use of ...

Track Listing of songs: F.W.R.; Burning Bright; 229; En Shakoota; Barrel Fire;

After keeping things fairly stripped-down on Nice, Nice, Very Nice, Dan Mangan takes a fuller approach to this 2011 follow-up, which widens the playing field with orchestral arrangements (courtesy of Eyvind Kang, who brought a similar sonic sweep to the Decemberists' Crane Wife) and an imaginative backup band. Oh, Fortune is still an indie folk album at heart, with Mangan's acoustic guitar and baritone voice giving every song its most basic foundation, but it's also the most ornate thing he's ever done, often sounding ...

Recording information: The Factory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (07/15/2004-07/17/2004). Personnel: Chris Gestrin (piano, prepared piano, percussion, wind chime); Chris Gestrin; Gordon Grdina (guitar, dobro); Joseph Pepe Danza (shakuhachi, ney, percussion); Jonathan Bentley (saxophone); Jon Bentley (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, C-melody saxophone); J.P. Carter (trumpet); Bernie Arai (drums, cymbals); Bernia Arai (drums); Ron Samworth (guitar, electric guitar); Jesse Zubot (violin); Peggy Lee (cello); Bill Clark (trumpet); Jeremy Berkman (trombone); Miles Black (piano); Dylan van der Schyff (drums). Audio Mixers: Chris Gestrin; Graeme Brown.

Track Listing of songs: Hars Em Knoom [A Bride's Song]; Khntsori Zarin Dag; Patsvaz Vart [Blossoming Rose]; Narineh; Yelar Sarov [Farewell, My Love]; Nor Yerk; Blbooli Hit [with the Larks]; Nverus [My Gift]; Dle Yaman; Oosdi Gookas [My Foreign Bird]; Arev, Arev; Kezi;