Lilac
Context
Composition by Tigran Hamasyan from Mockroot, his first album on Nonesuch, released on February 17, 2015 and recorded at the Meudon studio. The album mixes traditional Armenian music, jazz, and rock; several titles refer to historical Armenia, such as Kars, the region the pianist's maternal grandparents came from.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide), Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Current scene: Israeli jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions, Hard bop, Free jazz, Spiritual jazz.