70s-80s Estradayin Classics 002: Armenian Pop, Jazz-Funk, Rare Groove, and Disco

Описание: 45 minutes of eclectic old-school grooves from Armenia and the diaspora. This time slightly more jazz-oriented. First volume:    • 70s-80s Estradayin Classics 001: Armenian ...  

In Armenia, the word 'estradayin' (էստրադային / էսդրատային, lit. 'of the stage') acts as the collective name of popular music of this era. These songs were either composed by popular songwriters and conductors, such as Artemi Ayvazyan – the founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, – Khachatur Avetisyan, Konstantin Orbelyan, and Hasmik Manaseryan, or were adaptations for the big stage from folk and bard (gusan/ashugh) repertoire.

The genre name is derived from French (estrade - 'platform') by way of the eponymous genre of Soviet variety song, known as estradnaya pesnya (эстрадная песня). The latter was a similarly orchestrated style with shades of sentimental balladry, big band jazz, schlager, and native folkloric elements, a standard brew across the Union with differences across the board that paved the way for contemporary pop music. 'Estrada' and its variations can now refer to pop music in general, too, but this usage is rarer where strictly modern pop is concerned.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artists in the Lebanese Armenian diaspora – in Bourj Hammoud – such as Adiss Harmandian, Paul Baghdadlian, and Maxim Panossian developed an even more boisterous strain of this style, in line with contemporary Mediterranean music. Distinguished by a faster tempo, electric guitar solos, drum breaks, and frisky dance rhythms, it resonated widely with Armenian audiences worldwide.

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Photo: Разданский мост [Bridge of Hrazdan], by В. Колинов [V. Kolinov], 1974. Postcard issued by the USSR Ministry of Communications. Scan source: https://lieutenant2k.livejournal.com/...

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00:00 Artashes Avetyan w/ Radio Symphonic Jazz Orchestra of Armenia - Գարնանային [Garnanayin], 1980
01:31 Hamlet Minassian - Միշել Ստրոգոֆ [Michel Strogoff] (intro), c. 1980
02:05 Mardiros Mardirossian - Սարի լալա [Sari lala], 1975 (gusanakan song adaptation)
03:45 Boris Andreasyan & Larisa Dolina w/ Armenian State Estrada Orchestra, dir. Konstantin Orbelyan - Կանչում եմ [Kanchum em], 1974 (folk song adaptation)
05:50 Armenian TV and Radio Estrada Orchestra, dir. Melik Mavisakalyan - Դիլիջան [Dilijan] (Дилижан), 1973
08:20 Papin Poghosyan - Տարիներ [Tariner], 1989 (popular song adaptation)
11:58 Narine Harutyunyan - Գարնան խոստում [Garnan khostum] (Обещание весны [Obeshchanie vesny]), 1989
16:11 Hamlet Minassian - Ալ էլնիմ [Al elnim], c. 1980 (folk song adaptation)
18:17 Маxim Panossian - Գինետուն [Kinedoun], 1972
22:47 Paul Baghdadlian - Սիրել եմ [Sirel em], 1980
24:58 Ensemble "Melodiya", dir. Georgiy Garanian - Свидание с Ереваном [Svidaniye s Yerevanom], 1979
27:37 Armenian State Estrada Orchestra, dir. Konstantin Orbelyan - Силуэт [Silhouette], 1973
31:30 Konstantin Petrosyan, Datevik Hovanesyan & the Vladimir Chekasin Big Band - Concerto for Voice and Orchestra (excerpt), 1986
35:35 Armenian TV and Radio Estrada Orchestra, dir. Melik Mavisakalyan - Ծաղկաձոր [Tsaghkadzor] (Цахкадзор), 1979
37:40 Bella Darbinyan w/ Radio Symphonic Jazz Orchestra of Armenia - Կռունկներ [Krunkner] (outro), 1975
40:09 Adiss Harmandian - Նունէ [Noune], 1971
42:04 Syuzan Margaryan - Երազանք [Yerazanq], 1982

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