Strunz & Farah
Frontera
Milestone (US) 1984
68.155 (LP)
sleeve : EX-(horned owl)
media : EX/EX(a slight dust noise)
This album was released in 1984 by Strunz & Farah, an acoustic guitar duo consisting of Jorge Strunz from Costa Rica and Andreshir Farah from Iran. The album was released in 1984 by Strunz & Farah, an acoustic guitar duo consisting of Jorge Strunz from Costa Rica and Andreshir Farah from Iran, backed by Alex Acuna, a famous percussionist from Peru, and other ethnic-oriented musicians. The album is a delicate, beautiful, and passionate oriental acoustic jazz piece that is based on flamenco, but is linked to European ethnic jazz that can be heard on labels such as ECM and Mood Records. In particular, the B-side is a worldview similar to that of "Avenida Atlantica", a masterpiece of acoustic new age by Martin Muller, Hakim Ludin and Michael Hofler, which was featured in the guidebook "OBSCURE SOUND REVISED EDITION".