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Ayelet Rose Gottlieb

“Gottlieb both soars vocally and uses her voice as equal instrumental partner. She most impresses with her ability to convey a line with devotion and phrasing that powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial and the avant-garde” All About Jazz

About Me

2014-15 is an exciting time for Ayelet Rose Gottlieb. With the international release of her new album “Roadsides” (currently available only in Israel), and upcoming international performances, Ayelet is presenting music she composed based on Israeli and Palestinian poetry, bringing forth cross-cultural dialogue through music & poetry. The international release is scheduled for winter 2014-15 through Lilihouse Music distribution.

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb is an international performer, an explorer of sound and seeker of musical adventures. Her unique blend of jazz, middle-eastern & jewish music, combined with her innovative approach to composition and improvisation, has led her to collaborate with some of the most imaginative musicians of our time, including John Zorn, ETHEL, Anat Fort, Ihab Nimer, Satoshi Takeishi and many others... She has released three critically acclaimed CDs featuring her original compositions: Internal External (Genevieve, 2004), Mayim Rabim (Tzadik, 2006) and Upto Here | From Here (Arogole Music, 2009).

A member of John Zorn’s a-cappella quartet Mycale, the group is currently working towards recording a second album of Zorn’s music for his series Book of Angels: Masada Book II. Ayelet has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA), Vancouver Jazz Festival (Canada), Novara Jazz Festival (Italy), The Jewish Museum (Germany), Tel Aviv Jazz Festival (Israel) and more. Recently, she was commissioned by installation artist Michelle Jaffe to compose & produce music for Wappen Field, a sound-sculpture installation, that has been presented around the USA, including at BOSI Contemporary Gallery (NY), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Michigan).