Aram Bajakian (born 1977) is an American guitarist of Armenian descent who has recorded and toured with John Zorn, Lou Reed, Diana Krall,[1] and with Madeleine Peyroux in 2018.[2]
Career
Bajakian received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied under Yusef Lateef, a master's degree in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from the University of British Columbia, where he studied electronic music under Keith Hamel.[3] Marc Ribot introduced Bajakian to John Zorn, who released Bajakian's first album on Tzadik Records.[4] Bajakian moved with his family to Vancouver in 2013 so that his wife could pursue a degree in ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia.
Discography
As leader
- Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011)
- There Were Flowers Also in Hell (Sanasar, 2014)
- Dálava (Sanasar, 2014)
- There's Always the Night with Pavees Dance (Noonansmusic, 2014)
- Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates (Sanasar, 2015)
- Dolphy Formations (Sanasar, 2017)
- Dálava: The Book of Transfigurations (Songlines, 2017)
As sideman
- Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (Tzadik, 2012)
- Frank London, Austro Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha, 2017)
- Jon Madof, Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013)
- John Zorn, Psychomagia (Tzadik, 2014)
- John Zorn, Masada Book 3: The Book Beri'ah (Tzadik, 2018)
References
- ^ "Critique du concert de Festival des cinq continents : Diana Krall le 21 Juillet 2013, Palais Longchamp, Marseille, par Sami". ConcertAndCo (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Perlmutter, A. Aram Bajakian: Navigating New Territory, Premier Guitar, August 2014, accessed June 11, 2018
- ^ About Aram Bajakian, accessed June 11, 2016
- ^ Guitarist Aram Bajakian steps out of the shadows, The Georgia Straight, accessed June 11, 2018
