Abbasi
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Rez Abbasi
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Biography
A flexible guitarist who plays mostly fusion but can also handle post-bop, hard bop and standards, Rez Abbasi showed a lot of promise playing around New York in the 1990s. The improviser was born in Karachi, Pakistan and lived there as a baby; he was only three when his parents moved to Los Angeles, where he was raised. Abbasi, who grew up speaking English as his primary language and doesn't speak with even a trace of a Middle Eastern accent, was 22 when he moved to New York in 1987. Abbasi considers Jim Hall his earliest influence on guitar, and Pat Metheny influenced both his playing and writing when he recorded his first album, Third Ear, in 1991-1992. However, Metheny became less of an influence on Abbasi as the 1990s progressed. The mid- to late-'90s found Abbasi (who is also influenced by Bill Frisell) continuing to do a lot of writing and playing his share of Manhattan club dates, while paying the bills with "day gigs" as a music teacher; he recorded Modern Memory in 1996. ~ Alex Henderson, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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For populated places in Iran, see Abbasi, Iran.
Abbasi (Arabic: عباسي) is a prominent Islamic family name.
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Origin
The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad. It flourished for two centuries, but slowly went into decline with the rise to power of the Turkish army it had created, the Mamluks. Within 150 years of gaining control of Persia, the caliphs were forced to cede power to local dynastic emirs who only nominally acknowledged their authority. The caliphate also lost the Western provinces of Al Andalus, Maghreb and Ifriqiya to an Umayyad prince, the Aghlabids and the Fatimids, respectively.
The Abbasids' rule was briefly ended for three years in 1258, when Hulagu Khan, the Mongol khan, sacked Baghdad, resuming in Mamluk Egypt in 1261, from where they continued to claim authority in religious matters until 1519, when power was formally transferred to the Ottomans and the capital relocated to Constantinople.
Geographical distribution
Members of the Abbasi family can be found in: Iraq (mainly), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, India, Australia, Canada, United States, Slovakia, Czech Republic, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Tunisia, Sweden, Kuwait, and the United Kingdom.
See also
- Alavi
- Bahawalpur
- Kalhora
- Dhond Abbasi
- Daudpota
- Farooqi
- Akuhndkhel Syed
- Gardezi
- Gilani
- Hashemi
- Osmani
- Pakistani name
- Qallu
- Quraishi
- Sayyid
- Shaikh
- Siddiqui
- Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa
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Mentioned in
Modern Memory
(1998 Album by Rez Abbasi)
Third Ear
(1991 Album by Rez Abbasi)
Riza
(art)
Out of Body
(2002 Album by Rez Abbasi)
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