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Sohrab’s Soundtrack: “Death and the Dancer” (2009)

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Dancer wakes up in Central Park and meets Death – who has come to take her away…
 
 

This is director Ed Haas’ original short film entitled “Death and the Dancer”, filmed one summer day in New York City’s Central Park in 2009. This silent film tells the story of a Dancer in love with life, who is suddenly confronted with Death who has come to take her away. Dancer played by Nancy Vining Van Ness. Death played by Lorenzo Valoy. The tenor and soprano saxaphone player and composer is Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi. The producer is Johanna Heinemann-Haas. The recording and mixing was done by Martin Bisi at his BC STUDIOS in Brooklyn.

Sohrab is playing following songs (from his new CD “Nu World Trash”:

1. Welcome New Iran
2. Khorasan
3. Tenor and sax overdub improve
4. Welcome New Iran
5. Everyday Blues (variation)

SoSaLa (mini unit) live @ A.I.R. Gallery (NY), November 3rd, 2011

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Last Thursday, November 3 at A.I.R. Gallery Sohrab, on tenor sax and vocals, and Sinan Gündoğdu on oud at the opening of Barbara Siegel’s exhibition entitled Arboretum, featuring wall installations and sculpture made between 2009 and 2011. (The exhibition will be on view from November 2 to November 26, 2011.). They plaued three songs from SoSaLa’s new CD: Sad Sake, Nu Persian Flamenco and  Ja-Jou-Ka, and the  encore was an improvised tune.

A video of Augusta Palmer inspired by Barbara Siegel‘s work was also installed as part of this show. Sohrab did the soundtrack “Sad Sake” for it.

 

The mini live show went smooth and the audience seemed to have a good time. For Sohrab and Sinan, who represented SoSaLa as a duo unit, this concert was challenging because this was the first time they played as a duo.