Aram Bajakian (born 1977) is an American guitarist of Armenian descent who has recorded and toured with John Zorn, Lou Reed, Diana Krall,[1] and with Madeleine Peyroux in 2018.[2]

Aram Bajakian
Aram Bajakian at the 2017 Vancouver Jazz Festival
Background information
Born	1977
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Website	mynameisaram.net

Career

Bajakian received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied under Yusef Lateef, a master's degree in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from the University of British Columbia, where he studied electronic music under Keith Hamel.[3] Marc Ribot introduced Bajakian to John Zorn, who released Bajakian's first album on Tzadik Records.[4] Bajakian moved with his family to Vancouver in 2013 so that his wife could pursue a degree in ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia.

Discography

As leader

• Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011)
• There Were Flowers Also in Hell (Sanasar, 2014)
• Dálava (Sanasar, 2014)
• There's Aways the Night with Pavees Dance (Noonansmusic, 2014)
• Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates (Sanasar, 2015)
• Dolphy Formations (Sanasar, 2017)
• Dálava: The Book of Transfigurations (Songlines, 2017)

As sideman

• Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (Tzadik, 2012)
• Frank London, Austro Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha, 2017)
• Jon Madof, Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013)
• John Zorn, Psychomagia (Tzadik, 2014)
• John Zorn, Masada Book 3: The Book Beri'ah (Tzadik, 2018)

References