Macha Gharibian

Macha Gharibian – Mars (2013/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:07 minutes | 703 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Macha Gharibian, pianist with Armenian roots, singer, composer and daughter of musician Dan Gharibian (founder of the successful band “Bratsch”) mixes multiple influences from jazz, world and folk music on her CD “Mars”.

She began composing theatre music at the age of 20 and combines her pieces with works by Rachmaninov or Oliver Messiaen. In 2005, as a result of a trip to New York, she discovered new musical horizons and discovered for herself the world of improvisation with New York jazz musicians such as Jason Moran, Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, and others …
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Macha Gharibian – Trans Extended (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:06:18 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazz Village

Following on from her first record Mars (2013), which grabbed the attention of both music lovers and critics, Macha Gharibian’s album Trans Extended places her music in the unclassifiable category, given her very personal style combining elements of oriental jazz with neo-classical and adventurous pop music. A bold composer, she carves out heavenly melodies. An ethereal pianist and vigorous singer, she turns them into intense, spell-binding pieces.

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Macha Gharibian – Joy Ascension (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:15 minutes | 497 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rue bleue

For his third ambitious album with the coltranian title, Joy Ascension, Macha Gharibian assumes his position as pianist, singer, author, composer, arranger, director and leader. Around her, two colorists who handle the notes like De La gouache, drummer Dré Pallemaerts and double bassist Chris Jennings, plus two guests, Bert Joris who draws with his trumpet cool fulgurances at the Chet on the aerial ballad The Woman I Am Longing to Be and Artyom Minasyan who strengthens with his doudouk the hypnotic Sari Siroun Yar. The volcanic voice of Macha Gharibian brings her into the family of solar and inhabited vocalists, a very closed club that goes from Nina Simone to Mélissa Laveaux.

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