Jorge Strunz, born in Costa Rica, andArdeshir Farah, hailing from Iran, met in the United States in 1979. Jorge Strunz was one of the founders of the Latin jazz bandCaldera. Caldera was a Latin band that combined jazz, funk and rock with a wide variety of Latin music, influenced by 1970sfusion explorers like Return to Forever andWeather Report. The four albums Caldera produced (none of which have been reissued on CD) did not sell, and the band called it quits in 1979. Having both played guitar professionally since their early teens, Strunz and Iranianguitarist Ardeshir Farah soon teamed up and released their self-produced first albumMosaico 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 & Farah have played on numerous recordings together, releasing several albums as a duo and collaborating with the likes of Rubén Blades and L. Subramaniam. The duo also worked with Sting on the albumThe Living Sea: Soundtrack from the IMAX Filmas session musicians.
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