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Nasreddin

by Cenk Ergün

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Nasreddin Hoca is a folk figure who is believed to have lived in Anatolia in the 13th century. He is known for funny stories in which he comes up with witty responses to conflicts he is confronted with, almost always conveying a lesson. One day Nasreddin's friends ask him if he knows how to play the saz. Though he doesn't know how, he doesn't admit to this, and says "Sure, I'm a virtuoso." So he picks up the saz, and places his left hand on the fretboard and starts strumming the same note over and over again. After a while his friends get wary and ask him "Nasreddin, everyone else moves their fingers back and forth on the instrument, playing different notes, how come you keep strumming the same one over and over again?" Nasreddin says "Everyone else moves their fingers around looking for this one note I'm playing. I've found it, I don't need to change it!"

Nasreddin was written and premiered in 2002 by Fred Frith and the Mills College Contemporary Ensemble in California. It was revised and re-arranged for Ensemble Laboratorium who recorded it in 2011. To perform the work, 10 ensemble players follow a partially indeterminate score, responding to each other’s entrances as quickly as possible. Any number of improvisers can act as soloists complimenting the sound of the ensemble. This recording features saxophone, trumpet, and trombone as the improvising instruments.

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released April 21, 2011

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