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 mind-blowing trance-like 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