Kutman Sultanbekov Kambar Kalendarov: JAW (jaw harp music from Kyrgyzstan)

Order the CD: Listen on Spotify: Cantaloupe Music is proud to present the debut recording of Kutman Sultanbekov and Kambar Kalendarov master musicians of Kyrgyzstan in JAW, a recording of new and newly arranged traditional music for the Kyrgyz jaw harp. Kutman and Kambar were the runaway hit stars of the 2008 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at Mass MoCA and returned to the US in the summer of 2009 for an appearance (and subsequent radio broadcast) at the Bang on a Can Festival in New York. Both virtuosos of traditional Kyrgyz music and composers, this album focuses on bringing the jaw harp into the 21st century in a recording that combines the mindblowing trancelike sound of the instrument with a surprisingly contemporary aesthetic. This is not your grandfather s jaw harp music. In fact, an album like this has never been made. Featured tracks on JAW include Mezgil Jangyrygy, which almost sounds like The Kinks in Kyrgyzstan, w