{{Infobox album | name = Scattering Stars Like Dust<br />{{lang|fa|نخستین دیدار بامدادی}} | type = studio | artist = Kayhan Kalhor | cover = Scattering Stars Like Dust-1998 kalhor.jpeg | alt = | released = 6 June 1998 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Sorcerer Sound, New York City | genre = World music, Persian traditional music | length = {{Duration|m=47|s=20}} | label = Traditional Crossroads | producer = Harold Hagopian | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 =Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="kurt" /> }}
'''''Scattering Stars Like Dust''''' ({{langx|fa|نخستین دیدار بامدادی|italic=yes}}) is a solo album by Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor, released on 9 June 1998 in the United States through Traditional Crossroads records.<ref name=labeltc>{{cite web|title=Kayhan Kalhor - Scattering Stars Like Dust|url=http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com/shop/article_CD%25204288/Kayhan-Kalhor---Scattering-Stars-Like-Dust.html?sessid=obNfuA3fFLhRRNuABcS46J1roGNhFXKRJ3uYivEu8rJJjsE9SQgritwDetg6nO15&shop_param=cid%3D17%26aid%3DCD%25204288%26|website=traditionalcrossroads.com|accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref>
''Scattering Stars Like Dust'' is a 47-minute suite for Kamancheh and the Tombak drum. Like most Persian music, it is improvised and based on a large traditional collection of short, melodic motifs. It contains three sections.<ref name=kurt>{{cite web|last1=Keefner|first1=Kurt|title=Scattering Stars Like Dust|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/scattering-stars-like-dust-mw0000599463|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> Some unusual time signatures come from Kurdish music and the album's title from a poem by Rumi.<ref name=Rough>{{cite book|editor1-last=Broughton|editor1-first=Simon|editor2-last=Ellingham|editor2-first=Mark|editor3-last=Trillo|editor3-first=Richard|title=World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East|date=1999|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858286358|page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo/page/361 361]|edition=illustrated, reprint|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo/page/361}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_music = Kayhan Kalhor | title1 = Scattering Stars Like Dust {{smalldiv| *"I. Introduction " *"II. Improvisation " *"III. Duet For Kamancheh And Tombak }} | length1 = 47:20 {{smalldiv| *10:51 *24:27 *12:02 }} | total_length = 47:20 }}
==Personnel== *Pejman Hadadi – Tombak *Kayhan Kalhor – Kamancheh
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Category:Kayhan Kalhor albums Category:1998 albums