Strunz & Farah
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Jorge Strunz, born in Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah, hailing from Iran, met in the United States in 1979. Jorge Strunz was one of the founders of the Latin jazz band, Caldera (band). Caldera was a Latin band that combined jazz, funk and rock with a wide variety of Latin music. 1970s fusion explorers like Return to Forever and Weather Report influenced Caldera. The four albums they produced (none of which have been reissued on CD) did not sell, and the band called it quits in 1979. However, most of Calderas members kept busy long after its breakup. Strunz went on to form the guitar duo Strunz and Farah with Iranian/Persian guitarist Ardeshir Farah.
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Having both played guitar professionally since their early teens, they soon teamed up and released their self-produced first album Mosaico in 1980, which started their own label, Selva Records. Soon they caught the attention of Richard Bock, an important figure in jazz radio, who helped the duo land a contract with jazz label Milestone.
Since then Strunz and Farah have played on numerous recordings together, releasing several albums as a duo and collaborating with the likes of Rubén Blades and L. Subramaniam. Jorge Strunz was once recommended by friend Paco de Lucía as a replacement for Al Di Meola in The Guitar Trio.[citation needed]
The duo also worked with Sting on the album The Living Sea: Soundtrack from the IMAX Film as session musicians.
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