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The idea for the Jazz-Makhom project was initially suggested by the Uzbek manager and musical producer Asror Isahodjaev and then developed by Andrea Romani. The central idea is to create an original melting of jazz and the Uzbek maqom tradition, bringing to life “other-ways” the Uzbek maqoms without altering their essence.This project has been developed thanks to a collaboration between Uzbek and European musicians and funded by the Embassy of France in Uzbekistan, then the same concept was extended to other central asian countries
This video has been shot during a first trip to Uzbekistan in October 2021 by Andrea Romani, in the context of JazzMaqom project and during the mission funded by the French Embassy in Uzbekistan.
Andrea Romani during his trip in Uzbekistan for the "Jazzaqom Project", here in Bukhara jamming with old traditional musicians in a beautiful Caravanserai.
By bringing the maqôms to life in a different way, it is also a question of making this form better
known as
in its original form as a cultural
heritage
We met on the street of Bukhara with Saddreddin Gulov and his Shashmaqom ensemble during the few days of my short journey to Bukhara. One morning I saw the students of the Old Medresa playing football, while somebody 50 meters away was selling a black sheep...in this context I started to learn my first melodies of the ancient Shashmaqom music ( Andrea Romani )