Originally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah have brought the musical influences of their native lands into their highly virtuosic, rhythmic, and improvisation-rich original instrumental compositions, inspiring fans and many guitarists worldwide. Their meeting in 1979 in Los Angeles, where they are still based, marked the first time that Latin American and Middle Eastern music, along with other important elements, came together on the guitar. Our conversation touches on all of these points and more. Enjoy!
Here's an external link to every Musical Mention in this episode:
0:16 Strunz & Farah
1:32 Caldera
2:21 Vittorio Monti – Csárdás
2:25 Hungarian Gypsy music
2:28 Paco De Lucia
2:33 Sabicas
2:54 Plectrum
5:12 Flamenco
5:16 The Beatles
7:39 Jazz Fusion
10:49 Surf Music
11:04 The Animals
11:34 The Ventures
11:36 The Shadows
11:40 Cliff Richard
12:21 Persian Music
14:18 Carlos Montoya
14:39 Mario Escudero
14:57 Electra Records
15:10 Calypso
16:05 Pete Seeger
16:08 The Kingston Trio
16:10 Peter, Paul and Mary
16:48 America Folk
17:35 RCA Victor Records
17:37 ABC Paramount
17:39 Bob Theile
17:44 John Coltrane
18:27 John McLaughlin
18:29 Mahavishnu Orchestra
18:30 Chick Corea
18:33 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
19:09 Capitol Records
20:14 Indian Music
20:15 Harihar Rao
20:20 Ravi Shankar
20:24 L. Subramaniam
20:37 Richard Bock
20:47 Jean-Luc Ponty
20:48 Wes Montgomery
20:54 Fantasy/Milestone Records
21:58 Luis Conte
22:07 Mosaico (album)
22:30 Ganesh Records
22:47 Persian Musicians
22:54 Frontera (album)
22:55 Manoochehr Sadeghi
22:58 Santur
23:04 Guitarras (album)
23:09 Hayedeh
23:33 Mirage (song)
24:11 Jazz Fusion
24:12 Jazz
24:13 Blues
24:14 Rock
24:20 Persian rhythms
24:21 Persian melodies
24:26 Tar
24:27 Santur
24:27 Oud
24:34 Reng (song)
24:37 Manoochehr Sadeghi
24:38 Majid Ghorbani
24:40 Randy Tico
24:40 Bass guitar
24:50 Mirage (song)
24:53 Iranian Percussion
25:04 Persian āvāz
26:27 Tale of Two Guitars (Album)
26:42 Folk (Persian)
26:43 Pop (Persian)
26:44 Keyavash Nourai
26:50 Violin
26:57 Chaharmezrab
27:22 Ethnic Persian modal
27:59 Chaharmezrab
28:02 Plectrums
28:48 Kayhan Kalhor
28:51 Kamancheh
28:54 Yo-Yo Ma
28:55 Silk Road Ensemble
29:01 Hossein Alizadeh
29:03 Setar
29:40 Tar
29:44 Sahba Motallebi
31:00 Flamenco
31:01 El Regalito (song)
31:10 Palmas
32:11 Spanish
32:46 Latin America
32:51 Cumbia
32:55 Mexico
32:55 Columbia
33:09 Diego Alvarez
33:12 Venezuela
33:14 Afro-Latin
33:15 Afro-Andean
33:19 Cajon
34:07 Juanito "Long John" Oliva
34:08 Cuban
34:13 Rhythms
34:34 Africa
35:44 Hubert Laws
35:45 Stanley Clarke
35:46 Katisse Buckingham
40:34 ABA Structure
43:31 Wild Muse (album)
43:36 Camino Real
43:54 Nengue Hernandez
44:10 Flamenco
45:01 Carlitos Del Puerto
45:18 Chick Corea
45:19 Barbra Streisand
45:47 Thomas Brooman
45:48 World Music
47:29 Mosaico (album)
48:54 Primal Magic (album)
48:57 Américas (album)
51:28 Iranian Music
52:21 Viguen
53:45 Accordion
56:22 Tales of Two Guitars (album)
