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A music group named Ejazz performed the first officially sanctioned jazz music concert in post-revolutionary Iran. [6] They produced jazz fusion, incorporating elements from the indigenous classical music. [6] Rana Farhan, an Iranian jazz and blues singer living in New York, [7] combines classical Persian poetry with modern jazz and blues. [8]
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
1.3 Western classical / Persian symphonic. 2 Pop. Toggle Pop subsection. ... 8 Film composers. 9 See also. ... Iranian pop music; Iranian hip hop; References
The song took time to catch on as a jazz standard, possibly because it was 72 measures long. When Sidney Bechet recorded it in 1947, the song was not yet a regular jazz number. [26] "Memories of You" [4] [28] [29] first appeared in the musical revue Blackbirds of 1930. It was composed by Eubie Blake and lyrics were written by Andy Razaf.
Viguen, Iran's "Sultan" of pop and jazz music. [20] [19] [18] Jazz music was introduced into Iran's popular music by the emergence of artists such as Viguen, who was known as Iran's "Sultan of Jazz". Viguen's first song, Moonlight, which was released in 1954, was an instant hit on the radio and is considered highly influential. [20] [19] [18]
1 1930s. 2 1940s. 3 1950s. 4 External links. Toggle the table of contents. ... The first talkie film in Persian: 1933: Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor: Ovanes Ohanian ...
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Attempts to organize a film festival that had begun in 1954 within the framework of the Golrizan Festival, bore fruits in the form of the Sepas Film Festival in 1969. The first Iranian film festival was held in 1970 with Kaiser, The Cow, and Shohare Ahoo Khanoom winning the first, second and third prize for the best pictures respectively. The ...