The Wind is an album by Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish bağlama player Erdal Erzincan, recorded in Istanbul in November 2004, mixed at Rainbow Studio in Oslo in 2006 and released on ECM in September later that year.Jazz Times - Volume 37 p.72 2007 "Having worked with sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan in the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal (documented by ECM on 200 Is The Rain), Kalhor has now begun an exploration of Turkish musical traditions. The Wind places Kalhor in a ... It was their first collaborative album and the result is a set of instrumental compositions that flow into each other like one continuous work.
Reception Robin Denselow of The Guardian described the album as a "thoughtful, intriguing work."
Track list All music By Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan. "Part I" - 5:45 "Part II" - 4:12 "Part III" - 4:39 "Part IV" - 3:42 "Part V" - 7:27 "Part VI" - 4:41 "Part VII" - 2:44 "Part VIII" - 3:58 "Part IX" - 5:58 "Part X" - 4:48 "Part XI" - 8:19 "Part XII" - 7:23
Personnel Kayhan Kalhor – kamancheh Erdal Erzincan – bağlama Ulaş Özdemir – divan bağlama
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