Serj Tankian dedicated a song to all those in Armenia fighting for positive change

YEREVAN, MARCH 26, ARMENPRESS: A singer, poet, songwriter, activist, and composer Serj Tankianrecently recorded a beautiful song in Armenian called Garuna by Komitas, with Tigran Hamasyan on piano.As reports Armenpress referring toSerj Tankian's official website, it will be released on our Jazz-iz-Christ record this summer. "I want to dedicate it to all those in Armenia fighting for positive change," said Tankian.

A collaborative effort, JAZZ-IZ-CHRIST has 13 tracks that weave in and out of the jazz genre, infusing elements of traditional jazz, electronic music and other non-traditional jazz elements. Besides Serj, this album features Tigran Hamasyan, a notoriously talented pianist signed to Verve Records, trumpet player Tom Duprey (From the Prometheus Bound band), flute player Valery Tolstov, violinist and actor David Alpay, and a host of other musical guests. The album is mainly instrumental, but does have 3 tracks with Serj singing vocals.