Ardeshir Farah — half of the Grammy-nominated duo Strunz & Farah — brings a new quartet to the summit. Alongside fellow guitarist Luis Villegas, with Mike Paganini and Chris Trujillo on percussion, the group plays virtuosic acoustic music where flamenco technique, Middle Eastern melody, Afro-Caribbean rhythm, and jazz improvisation coexist as naturally as old friends.
Farah’s résumé reads like a history of world music: a Grammy nomination for Américas, Billboard’s World Music Album of the Year for Primal Magic, years among Billboard’s top world-music artists, and performances from the Montreux and Montreal jazz festivals to Mexico’s Festival Cervantino.
Their set — Spanish and Persian guitar over Latin percussion — is a fitting sound for a gathering about building across differences: several traditions, one music.