Aram Bajakian

American guitarist of Armenian descent

Aram Bajakian

Aram Bajakian at the 2017 Vancouver Jazz Festival

Background information
Born| 1977
Genres| Jazz
Occupation| Musician
Instrument| Guitar
Website| mynameisaram.net

Musical artist

Aram Bajakian (born 1977) is an American guitarist of Armenian descent who has recorded and toured with John Zorn, Lou Reed, Diana Krall,[1] and with Madeleine Peyroux in 2018.[2]

## Career

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Bajakian received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied under Yusef Lateef, a master's degree in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from the University of British Columbia, where he studied electronic music under Keith Hamel.[3] Marc Ribot introduced Bajakian to John Zorn, who released Bajakian's first album on Tzadik Records.[4] Bajakian moved with his family to Vancouver in 2013 so that his wife could pursue a degree in ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia.

## Discography

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### As leader

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* Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011)
* There Were Flowers Also in Hell (Sanasar, 2014)
* Dálava (Sanasar, 2014)
* There's Always the Night with Pavees Dance (Noonansmusic, 2014)
* Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates (Sanasar, 2015)
* Dolphy Formations (Sanasar, 2017)
* Dálava: The Book of Transfigurations (Songlines, 2017)

### As sideman

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* Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (Tzadik, 2012)
* Frank London, Austro Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha, 2017)
* Jon Madof, Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013)
* John Zorn, Psychomagia (Tzadik, 2014)
* John Zorn, Masada Book 3: The Book Beri'ah (Tzadik, 2018)

## References

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1. ^ "Critique du concert de Festival des cinq continents : Diana Krall le 21 Juillet 2013, Palais Longchamp, Marseille, par Sami". ConcertAndCo (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-11.
2. ^ Perlmutter, A. Aram Bajakian: Navigating New Territory, Premier Guitar, August 2014, accessed June 11, 2018
3. ^ About Aram Bajakian, accessed June 11, 2016
4. ^ Guitarist Aram Bajakian steps out of the shadows, The Georgia Straight, accessed June 11, 2018

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

as band leader|

* Aram Bajakian's Kef (2010)
* There Were Flowers Also in Hell (2013)

as sideman|

* Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (with Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, 2012)
* Zion80 (with Jon Madof, 2012)
* Psychomagia (with Abraxas, 2013)

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Czech Republic
* Poland

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