Strunz & Farah


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

History

, born in Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah, hailing from Iran, met in the United States in 1979. Jorge Strunz was one of the founders of the Latin jazz band Caldera. Caldera combined jazz, funk and rock with a wide variety of Latin music, influenced by 1970s fusion explorers like Return to Forever and Weather Report. The four albums Caldera released did not sell, and the band called it quits in 1979.
Having both played guitar professionally since their early teens, Strunz and Iranian guitarist Ardeshir Farah soon teamed up and released their self-produced first album, "Mosaico", in 1980, which started their own label, Selva Records. They soon caught the attention of Richard Bock, an important figure in jazz radio, who helped the duo land a contract with the jazz label Milestone.
Strunz & Farah have since released nineteen recordings together, several albums as a duo and collaborating with Rubén Blades and with L. Subramaniam on two tracks on their debut recording, "Mosaico".
The duo also worked with Sting on the album as session musicians.
Their latest album, "Tales of Two Guitars", was released in July 20, 2018.

Discography

Studio Albums