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Shauli Einav Quartet: Beam Me Up
by Dave Wayne
Beam Me Up is Shauli Einav's fifth album as a leader, but his first as a new father. This is worth mentioning because jazz is, as we all know, something that is lived. How could such a momentous change not manifest itself in one's music? Here, it's quite evident though nothing about the album itself speaks directly to fatherhood or childhood. In a brief liner note, Einav ruminates on those magical moments when music transports one into the present moment, ...
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by Dave Wayne
A quick glance at the song titles on Shauli Einav's third album A Truth About Me reveals a narrative thread concerning restlessness and movement. Song titles such as Embarcadère," The Traveler," Nomads," and Le Musketeer" suggest that Einav's musical inspirations are tied to journeys; both his own and others.' Listening to A Truth About Me, with its relentless, forward-leaning rhythmic drive (courtesy of the dynamic Paris-based rhythm tandem of Louis Moutin and Florent Nisse), reinforces this impression. And it's no ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
The title of saxophonist Shauli Einav's third album, Generations, hints at the breadth of source material the young Israeli-born musician has explored in assembling this collection. Einav contributes two original tunes, Thermo Blues" and Renewal," but the bulk of the set comes from the pens of some of the finest writers and players in the history of jazz--with John Coltrane, Harold Land and Don Byas all contributing to this admirable and enjoyable album. Einav's previous album, Opus One ...
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by Dave Wayne
Given the sheer number, stylistic variety and extraordinary quality of jazz recordings coming out of Israel these days, it's safe to say that improvised music is alive and well in that embattled country. Even among the rarefied company of Israel's finest young jazz musicians, saxophonist Shauli Einav stands out as a uniquely accomplished and mature talent. So does his debut recording, Opus One. A protégé of the late Arnie Lawrence, Einav has something of Lawrence's keening alto sound and sheer ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Opus One si potrebbe liquidare velocemente come un album neo-bop venato da atmosfere mediterranee e mediorientali. Niente di sorprendete se si pensa che Shauli Einav, il leader dell'ensemble, è l'ennesimo talento israeliano migrato nella grande mela e lì immediatamente inserito nella vivace scena musicale. Solo che a differenza della maggior parte degli ormai illustri colleghi, Einav rimane fortemente ancorato ai canoni estetici del linguaggio boppistico: ritmi spesso vertiginosi alternati a ballads, serrate sequenze di assoli scintillanti, swing feroce, dialoghi mozzafiato, ...
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