Souren Baronian and "Taksim" in Alwan for the Arts 16 Beaver Street (between Broad and Broadway) 4th floor New York, NY

Souren Baronian grew up in Spanish Harlem riding two powerful currents of his creativity: his ethnic
Armenian heritage, and jazz. His own music is an authentic organic hybrid of those two idioms. The sound
of his band is truly unique, applying a jazz vocabulary and the bebop sensibility of Charlie Parker and
Lester Young to Middle Eastern rhythms on traditional instruments such as the oud, kaval, dubek, G-
clarinet and dumbek. "Taksim" is a Middle Eastern term meaning improvisation, and inspired imprvisation
is the home territory of Souren Baronian and his band.
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Souren Baronian grew up in Spanish Harlem riding two powerful currents of his creativity: his ethnic
Armenian heritage, and jazz. His own music is an authentic organic hybrid of those two idioms. The sound
of his band is truly unique, applying a jazz vocabulary and the bebop sensibility of Charlie Parker and
Lester Young to Middle Eastern rhythms on traditional instruments such as the oud, kaval, dubek, G-
clarinet and dumbek. "Taksim" is a Middle Eastern term meaning improvisation, and inspired imprvisation
is the home territory of Souren Baronian and his band.

Souren and Taksim have performed in most of the city’s major jazz clubs. Many concerts in Europe have
built a strong following there, and they recently created a sensation at the 25th Anniversary of the
Montreal Jazz Festival. Alwan welcomes them back for an evening of great music.

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