Persian music by Dr. Jean During and Dr. Lloyd Miller

[Matey3]

wow amazing!

well done!

I think the classic Persian music is played more by the heart than by the notes. As it has a deep effect on human heart, it can make you sad because it makes one feel the sense of belonging to and/or longing for the other world. It reminds us where we came from and where we are going to, the presence of God.

thanks for sharing!

[ramblere]

perfect...viva.... I love you

[Sarmasst1]

I can say , I had (HAAL) when I was listening to your performance.

چو از دل بر آید بر دل نشیند

Thank you so much

[worldartsdocmiller]

Both Dr. During and Myself were musicians from an early age and we both separately discovered Persian music and eventually ended up in Tehran in the 1970s. There we worked together to try to save Persian music from destruction by modernization, westernization and from all the ego-oriented show-off non-musicians who had invaded the field. We were both affiliates of Dr. Daryush Safvat's Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music and lived in Tehran some 7 years. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[BazmAfarin]

@worldartsdocmiller Love your music. It would be hard to resist the temptation to mix western music into Persian music. Fortunately with some dastgahs such as Segah, is almost impermeable to western music and are fairly uninfluenced but many other dastgahs such as Homayoon and Mahoor have been now heavily influenced by Western music in the process of orchestration, harmony and chord structures.

[amooballer]

this is so fascinating. I want to know what drove these men to learn about the middle-eastern music (Persian specifically)

[worldartsdocmiller]

Read about the unbelievable adventures of Dr. Lloyd Miller traveling and performing through the Middle East and beyond by going to the jazzscope website and clicking on Sufi, Saint & Swinger.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Ma mardoman-e past chetor mitunim musiqi-ye asemani ra besazim? Un musiqi ke khoda be hazrat Davud yad dade va az an zaman sine be sine pas az hazaran sal be dast-e ma reside, hamun ra bepazirim va uno degargun nakonim va hich gune navahaye taze ra nasazim. We must just accept the music God taught David which was passed down over the centuries to a few Persian masters and we must not alter it nor think to be able to 'create' anything from our own inept mundane and imperfect minds. Dr. L Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

For anyone interested in our CDs and DVDs of Eastern music and dance, please write us at the email on our worldartsdocmiller page. Thanks, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Sevgili arkadaşım, senin tür sözler için teşekkür ederim. Eğer size göndereceğiz adresini verirsen Bizim Farsça ve Türkçe müzik CD ve DVD bulunan vardır. Teşekkürler. Thanks for your kind words. If you give us your address, we will send you our Persian and Turkish CDs and a DVD of Eastern music. Thanks, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[Ladymelodi]

SAHANE ! Bu müzigi dinlerken baska bir dünyaya giriyor gibiyim, mis gibi kokan, temiz havali, kalbimi hafifleten bir dünya.... What's the name of the CD ? Can't find in internet :-(

[elya6]

The forud is in Shur

[worldartsdocmiller]

Friends, for this type of traditional classical music, there is only one type of dance that is correct and it is not anything like the ugly counterfeit and degrading contemporary styles seen in night clubs, that is haram and should be sternly punished. To see the correct dance forms go to our dance videos or to easterartskstjohn. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[amoobooghi]

@worldartsdocmiller

Dear Dr Miller, Thank you so much for all your works specially your jazz fusions, I am a big fan! However, I am confused! referring to one of your comments, Sure I agree with how terrible the new POP Persian music is, but that does not mean anything outside of what you call the "one dance" is Haram! I am sure there are lots of ways to create new music and dance without DESTROYING the essence of music,

[amoobooghi]

and if you look at REAL persian music which would have to be the folk music as opposed to ROYAL CLASSICAL, its filled with beautiful rhythms and dances. I would be really happy to hear back from you on this.

Regards,

[zalmankazor]

thank you Dr During. keep up the good work

[zalmankazor]

thank you Dr Miller.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Salam va dorud,

Miduni, Iranzamin hameja hast. Har ja ke hastim Iran e; va dar Youtube hamechiz o peda mishe, ham khub ham bad. Enshallah, bishtar chizha-ye khub ra peda konim. We can find our own Iran on Youtube where many things, both ugly and beautiful are present. Enshallah we will find mostly beauty. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[biradamful]

Beautifull, looking forward for the day we all can go Iran so everybody can see and listen to your music

[khosro7]

DR,miller

you are somebody to be proud af "SIR"

..and also Dr during i love your music

thank you

[worldartsdocmiller]

Dear friends,

Thank you for all the kind comments. Do you really think that this follows the patterns or even scale of Segah or is it more ovbiously a Shur derivative. Thanks, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[Xshathrapava]

He is playing Segah Radif (after Mirza Abdulah). Nice anyway.

[szhgugug]

Segah???!!!! This is Shur Radif!!

[szhgugug]

Segah!!! this is Shur Radif!

[ahlefan]

Note that these were just some fragments of a small concert, the first part of which was a demonstration of the radif style.

The artists didn't even rehearsall before.

The second part (not on the site) was totally improvised, in a free fantasy style, in order to please the public.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Dust-e gerami, sepas-e kelan baraye goftar-e mehrabaniyetun. The beauty of Persian music is its connection to the divine, coming from God through Hazrat Davud thousands of years ago. From Davud, sacred music went to Babylon and from there to ancient Persia remaining celestial all the way to the Qajars. It is recently that Persian music has suffered from cultural genocide and may dissappear if we don't remove electronics and westernization. See my second discussion on music. Thanks, Dr. Miller

[amoughazanfar]

ba sepas va dorud faravan

it was really beauriful , i got touched by your performance, also I am happy that you enjoy our music, actually our music has a good potential to grow but there need to be some innovations to have it bloom and get dynamic, thanks alot

[worldartsdocmiller]

Dorud,

Mitovanid be bande-ye nachiz telefon konid be (801) 485-5824. Bande besyar khosh misham ba shoma hamkari konam.Thank you for you email. I would be happy to work with you on any concert you might be planning. We had two musicians and two to four dancers which you can see by going to YouTube site: easternartskstjohn.

Thank you, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[Parbod]

Hi,

I've been working on Persian music for a few years, but had never heard of you. How is it possible to get a hold of you. I live in Canada and interested in getting in touch with you for potential concerts in here or Iran.

Thanks

[kamrankhademi]

It is a new reflection on my culture after many years. Very refreshing. Thank you guys.

[modir23]

in chi bood baba

[ahmadzamani]

I really appreciate your interest in Iranian music. Thank you!

[worldartsdocmiller]

Salam va dorud,

I live in Salt Lake City Utah and Dr. During was formerly based in Strassborg France but I am not sure where he is just now.

Dr. Lloyd Miller

[babak26]

Dr. Miller, which city do you and Dr. During live in?

[worldartsdocmiller]

Mersi aqa. Ma faqat do nafar khareji astim ki musiqi-ye iruni ra dust darim va rush salha kar kardim. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[aramian21]

Very interesting!

It took me a while to realise it is going to be Dastgahe Shoor's first few introductions.

Performance rating is 90 out of 100.

The spirit is very much in line with iranian music.

Bravo maestros

[goodcyrus]

I am sure a lot people wanted to see Ostad During or even better see him play. It is a pleasure to see the scholar in performance.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Mersi. Are, vaqtike ke Dr. During be Tehran amad, Aqaye Doktor Safvat azam khahesh kard ke jai baresh peida konam va avordamesh be sakhteman-e apartman-e khodam. Har shab ta gahi aval sobh taro mizad ama hamsayegan chizi nagoftand. When Dr. During first cam to iran, and at the request of Dr. Safvat, I found him an apartment in my building. He practiced tar every night until near dawn but no one complained. He and I were unofficial mambers of the staff at Safvat's Center in the 70s. Lloyd Miller

[filsoofimusic]

I've always wanted to see him playing, Now I did thanks for the Video.