Haddad, Jamey

Provenance

1 CD / Innova / 2010-05-25

Works: Kayhan Kalhor: I Was There, for cello, oud & percussion; Djivan Gasparian: Memories, for cello; Tamar Muskal: Mar De Leche, for voice, cello, oud & percussion; Douglas J. Cuomo: Only Breath, for cell...
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Ben-Zaken, Etty; Haddad, Jamey; Marotta, Jerry; Saba, Bassam; Shanahan, Shane

Personnel: Maya Beiser (cello); Etty Ben-Zaken (vocals); Bassam Saba (oud); Jerry Marotta (drums); Jamey Haddad, Shane Shanahan (percussion).

Taking the well-established route of solo explorati...continue...

Visions Within - Robert Benford Lepley - Spiritual Poems of Rilke / Meryl Streep, Amy London, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Spoken Word: You darkness, that I come from, poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; Already the ripening barberries are red, poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; To Music, poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; My life is not this...
Performers: Drewes, Billy; Fox, Caprice; Haddad, Jamey; Lepley, Robert Benford; Meader, Damon
Conductors:
Ensemble: New York Voices

Composer Robert Lepley links the ancient past with the present in these works for voices. Chants are propelled into mesmerizing polyrhythmic orbit by contemporary fugues...continue...

Golijov: Oceana, etc / Spano, Upshaw, Kronos Quartet, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana, for voice, boys' choir, double chorus & orchestra; Tenebrae, for string quartet; Three Songs, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Dearman, John; Haddad, Jamey; Johnson, Elizabeth Remy; Souza, Luciana; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

"Generous arcs of slow-moving melody - often with trembling accompaniment - evoke the great Renaissance masters...Upshaw's love for this music is palpable in every bar,...continue...

Ayre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-27

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre, for voice & chamber ensemble; Luciano Berio: Folk Songs, arranged for soprano & 7 instruments (or orchestra)
Performers: Dresser, Mark; Flower, Jeremy; Friedlander, Erik; Gottlieb, Gordon; Haddad, Jamey; Kibbey, Bridget; Krakauer, David; Ljova; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Palmer, Todd; Poland, Eric; Santaolalla, Gustavo; Som...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Andalucian Dogs

"Golijov's music is at once intellectually lively and extremely accessible, emotionally direct and colorfully warm. A singer of extraordinary versatility, Upshaw rewards Golijov with a...continue...
The recording of Osvaldo Golijov's "Ayre" on this album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Contemporary Composition."...continue...

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio and Odair Assad

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2000-01-18

Works: Sergio Assad: Andalucia, for 2 guitars, violin & percussion; Fantasy on "Dark eyes", for 2 guitars & violin; The chase, for 2 guitars, violin & percussion; Istanbul; Tatras, for 2 guitars & violin; G...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Haddad, Jamey; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja

This is an unusual crossover collaboration between violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Brazilian guitar duo of Sergio and Odair Assad. The music, all arranged or composed by Sergio Assad, claim...continue...