Eric Tompkins (etompkins.com) and Neda Jalali are the core of the band. We also have Ali Razmi (tar, setar), Bardia Sadeghi (tonbec, daf), and Reza Sadeghi (santour). We sometimes expand to include other musicians: Shawn Smith (saxophones), Richard Jenne (drums), Blaine Powel (drums) and Curtis Abriel (bass).
Influences
Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Patsy Cline, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Gabor Szabo, Charles Mingus, Barney Kessel, Lightnin' Hopkins, Merle Travis, Laurindo Almeida, Jack Kerouac, William Bouroughs, Edward Said, Kurt Vonnegut, Hafez, Rumi, The Beatles, Jim Morrison, Willie Nelson
Sounds Like
a warm breeze through a Persian garden.
Order CD: www.cdbaby.com or email :
lutestrings88@yahoo.ca or phone: 250-562-5458
Navaz began as a musical collaboration between Neda Jalali and Eric Tompkins. Eric's love of jazz and Latin music and his interest in world music compliments Neda's beautifully haunting voice. Much of the music of Navaz is rooted in the Sufi poetry of Hafez and Rumi, while some of it has a more contemporary Persian sound fused with Spanish, Brazilian and jazz rhythms. Their music is at times meditative, and at other times rhythmically intense. Navaz will make you want to dance or take you on an exotic journey to faraway places.
Wonderful, wonderful music! Thanks for the add. I'm a big Traveler fan and I see that Ali played with them at Robson Valley. You guys need to come to Phoenix so we all can hear it here too!
hey my friends, I see you are out and about in BC playing your beautiful music!! I am heading up there this summer and I hope to come see you and play some music!! all the love Turiya
