| LC control no. | no 96035698 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Modirzadeh, Hafez |
| Variant(s) | Modir, Hafez |
| Birth date | 19620503 |
| Place of birth | Durham, N.C. |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | San JoseĢ State University San Francisco State University |
| Profession or occupation | Saxophonists College teachers |
| Found in | Strick: song of the Andoumboulou, 16-25, c1995: insert (Hafez Modirzadeh, saxophone, zorna and other instruments) Chromodality and the cross-cultural exchange of musical structure, 1992: title page (Hafez Modirzadeh) Suryaghati, 2005: label (Hafez Modir) Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians, via WWW, August 13, 2013 (Modirzadeh, Hafez (aka Modir); saxophone, composer, educator, author; b. Durham, NC, 3 May 1962; BA in Music from San Jose State University; received an M.A. from UCLA in 1986 and a Ph. D. from Wesleyan in 1992, both in ethnomusicology; from 1990-1998 he taught at San Jose State University's Improvised Music Studies Program; from 1998-2003 he was Assistant Professor at San Francisco State's Jazz and World Music Program) Hafez Modirzadeh, via WWW, August 13, 2013 ((Hafez Modirzadeh; saxophonist/theorist; has performed, recorded, published and lectured internationally on original cross-cultural musical concepts which include "Convergence Liberation" (in Critical Studies in Improvisation, 2011), "Compost Music" (in Leonardo, 2009), "Aural Archetypes" (in Black Music Research, 2001), as well as "Chromodality" (for Wesleyan University, 1992); twice an NEA Jazz Fellow, in 2006, Dr. Modirzadeh was granted a Senior Fulbright Award to work with Flamenco and Gnawan traditions in Andalucia and Morocco, and is currently a Professor of World Cultures in Music at San Francisco State University) |
| Associated language | eng |
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