Shahram Nazeri and the Dastan Group

One of the best album of Shahram Nazeri, a prominent icon of Persian classical and sufi music. The New York Times has dubbed him the Persian Nightingale and the Christian Science Monitor has called him Iran's Pavarotti.
Master Nazeri's performances have garnered critical acclaim worldwide and won him awards at music festivals around the world. Recently, the Ministry of Culture in Iran named him the Best Singer of Classical Persian and Sufi Music. UCLA has honored Shahram Nazeri with the Living Legend Award. The United Nations has honored Nazeri with a recognition award for his legendary contribution to the revival of Iranian Classical Music. The Irvine City Hall Award of Distinction in Persian music was given to Shahram Nazeri for his contributions in spreading Rumi's spiritual message of peace through the language of music.

For this recording Shahram Nazeri is accompanied by a group of cloaked muusicians. Hamid Motobassem (tar, setar) aged 42, son of a family of musicians from Mashhad in North West Iran, can pride himself on having fololowed the teaching of such masters as Houchang Zareef, Salehi, Alizadeh and Lotfi at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. Hossein Behrouzi-nia, aged 38, studied the tar with Nariman, and the radif with Lotfi. He was formerly in charge of the Khaleghi Ensemble and is currently the director of the Iranian National Radio and Television Orchestra. He is considered to be one of the best lutenists in Iran. Keyhan Kalhor (sitar, kamantcha), aged 37, was initiated in his pre-adolescent years by master Ahmad Mohajer. At the age of 13, he started to work with the National Radio and TV Orchestra.

Musicians :
Shahram Nazeri (vocal, daf)
Dastan Group
Hamid Motobassem : tar, setar
Pejman Hadadi : tombak, daf
Hossein Behrouzi-nia : barbat, tar
Kayhan Kalhor : kamantcha



Tracklist :
1. Moghadameh (Introduction)
2. Daramad
3. Masti salamat mikonad
4. Barbat solo
5. Tchaharmezrab
6. Kamantcha solo
7. Aragh
8. Zarbi-e aragh
9. Foroud (return to the starting note)
10. Ky July Tchaw Kajala (The charming doe-eyed girl)
11. Aman ba lanjeo lar (watch out for my beloved, she's flirtatious)