Dance of Fire explained

Dance of Fire
Type:	Album
Artist:	Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Cover:	Dance of Fire.jpg
Released:	1995
Recorded:	January–February 1995
Studio:	Sony Music Studios, New York
Genre:	Jazz/mugam fusion
Length:	1:09:42
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Reinhard Karwatky
Prev Title:	Always
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Seventh Truth
Next Year:	1996

Dance of Fire is the third album released by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. It was released in 1995.

Recording and Music

The album was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York during January and February 1995. It was produced by Reinhard Karwatky. The material "combines be-bop-derived jazz with elements [of] Azerbaijan folk music and Mugham." All of the music was composed and arranged by Zadeh.^[1] The collection of songs on Dance of Fire sound both Middle-Eastern and Western.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic reviewer wrote that the pianist's "playing is graceful and fluid, eclipsing her super-star backup musicians." The reviewer for BBC Music Magazine commented: "here is a new slant on the jazz vocal, just when you thought everything had been said on the subject".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Boomerang" – 4:24
2. "Dance of Fire" – 6:02
3. "Sheherezadeh" – 2:52
4. "Aspiration" – 2:23
5. "Bana Bana Gel (Bad Girl)" – 12:32
6. "Shadow" – 5:54
7. "Carnival" – 7:29
8. "Passion" – 7:10
9. "Spanish Picture" – 9:00
10. "To Be Continued" – 5:59
11. "Father" – 5:57

Personnel

• Aziza Mustafa Zadeh – piano, vocals
• Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar
• Bill Evans – soprano sax, tenor sax
• Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar
• Kai E. Karpeh De Camargo – 5-string electric bass guitar
• Omar Hakim – drums

Notes and References

1. Dance of Fire . 1995 . CD liner notes . COL 480352 2.
2. Web site: Dwek . Joel . 19 July 2021 . AZERBAIJAN: Dance of Fire - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh . 200worldalbums.com . en.
3. Nicholson . Stuart . 20 January 2012 . Aziza Mustafa Zadeh . . BBC .