Join us for the awaited release of debut album 'Lydium' by Iranian-Canadian composer Behrooz Mihankhah at The Music Room in Halifax on October 16, 2021.

Please be advised that we are required to ask for proof of vaccination at the door.

Lydium

Inspired by his migrations through Iran, India, and finally to Canada, Behrooz Mihankhah’s Lydium takes impressionist and jazz compositions and presents them in an Iranian instrumental context. This collection of original and pre-existing pieces fuses musical traditions of the past with contemporary concepts of composition and improvisation.

Featuring

Behrooz Mihankhah - Piano

Mohammad Sahraei - Taar

Andrew Jackson - Trombone

Charles Urich - Drums (recording)

Brendan Melchin - Drums (live)

Pat Healy - Guitar

John Janigan-Mills - Bass

Pouya Shekarriz - Tombak

Andrew Mackelvie - Saxophone

Emery Van de Weil - Flute

Supporting act: Sam Wilson's Trio 

Credits

Composed, Arranged and Produced by Behrooz Mihankhah

Co-produced by Dario Lozano-Thornton & John Janigan-Mills

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dario Lozano-Thornton

Assistant recording engineer Jim Legere

Photography by Dario Lozano-Thornton

Album Art and Design by India Gailey

Featured Art by Mohammad Bozorgi (The Route of Creation, 2015, acrylic on canvas)

This album was recorded at the Music Room in K'jipuktuk in Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia) on the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people.

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