Strunz & Farah

Infobox musical artist
Name = Strunz & Farah


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Instrument = Classical Guitar
Origin = Costa Rica Flagicon|Costa Rica and Iran Flagicon|Iran
Genre = Flamenco, World Fusion
Years_active = 1979 – today
Label = Selva Records, Milestone, Audioquest
URL = [http://www.strunzandfarah.com www.strunzandfarah.com]

Strunz & Farah is a guitar duo with an eclectic sound that could be described as a cross between world fusion and flamenco.

History

Jorge Strunz, born in Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah, hailing from Iran, met in the United States in 1979. Having both played guitar professionally since their early teens, they soon teamed up and released their self-produced first album "Mosaico" in 1980, which started their own label, Selva Records. Soon they caught the attention of Richard Bock, an important figure in jazz radio, who helped the duo land a contract with jazz label Milestone.

Since then Strunz & Farah have played on numerous recordings together, releasing several albums as a duo and collaborating with the likes of Rubén Blades and L. Subramaniam. Jorge Strunz was once recommended by friend Paco de Lucía as a replacement for Al Di Meola in The Guitar Trio.

The duo also worked with Sting on the album "" as session musicians.

Discography

* "Mosaico" - (1980)
* "Frontera" - (1984)
* "Guitarras" - (1985)
* "Misterio" - (1989)
* "Primal Magic" - (1990)
* "Americas" - (1992)
* "Heat Of The Sun" - (1995)
* "Live" - (1997)
* "Wild Muse" - (1998)
* "The Best Of:" - (2000)
* "Stringweave" - (2001)
* "Rio de Colores" - (2003)
* "In Performance" - (2003); DVD
* "Zona Torrida" - (2004)
* "Desert Guitars" - (2005)
* "Fantaseo" - (2006)
* "Jungle Guitars" - (2006)

Other albums

*""

External links

* [http://www.strunzandfarah.com/ Official website]