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Itai Kriss

About Itai Kriss, a recording artist praised by Jazzwax as “one of the most exciting new flutist-composers” on the scene, commands a variety of musical genres with an eclectic style infused with Jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern sounds. According to Downbeat Magazine, there is a “tangy, exotic flavor” to the New York musician’s style, which can be heard on his latest album, The Shark. The album features Kriss’ “soaring technique and phrasing that is both aggressive and pastoral,” which displays the versatility of his command of the flute, shifting through genres from funk and reggae to salsa and Arabic stylings with fluid ease. Kriss is based in New York, where he is vital member of the downtown and Brooklyn Jazz scenes and the Latin Jazz and Salsa music scenes

Acoustic Project II: The Duo

By Yosi Levy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ladders and Scales; Towards the Horizon; All The Things You Are Not; Fishermen; Hora Be'er Sheva; There Will Never Be Another You; Norwegian Wood; Joy.

Yosi Levy: Acoustic Project II: The Duo

by Dave Linn
June 26, 2023

Yosi Levy was born in Israel and began playing guitar at the age of 12. After a mandatory stint in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), he began working professionally in clubs around Israel. In the early 1980s, he decided to move to New York City and study classical guitar at the prestigious Mannes College of Music ...

Universos

By Yotam Silberstein

Label: Jazz and People
Released: 2022
Track listing: Brooklyn Frevo; Dada; Samba pro Vitor; Requiem for Amando; Etude #2 (merengue); Parana (Entre Rios); Candombe para Ruben Rada; Chorão; Safta; A Night in Sevilla; Tal and Gil.

Itai Kriss & Telavana At The Jazz Room

by Mark Sullivan
October 24, 2022

Itai Kriss & Telavana The Jazz Room Charlotte, NC October 14, 2022 Flutist/composer Itai Kriss brought his world music fusion to the Jazz Room to inaugurate its 17th concert season. The set opened with a new, unrecorded tune with the Cuban groove that characterizes most of Kriss' music. Kriss and trumpeter ...

September Songs - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 27, 2022

September is a rather auspicious month musically, as you will hear through a playlist of songs inspired by September... or by things associated with the month of September... or featuring musicians born in September.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 James Brown “September Song" Soul ...

Yuval Amihai: My 90s Summer

by Dan Bilawsky
June 5, 2022

This fourth album from Yuval Amihai takes inspiration from the halcyon days of a summer long past, recalling formative experiences of a youth spent in the desert city of Beer Sheva in Israel. But it also draws heavily on the guitarist's globetrotting as an adult, looking toward years spent in France and a new life in ...

Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2021

Jazz is not a competitive sport and “Best Ofs" are misnomers. End of the year listicles have no bearing on the artistic standing of the albums they include, or on those they neglect, just like a five star review doesn't make the album it graces any better than it already is. But, apparently, humans ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant Itai Kriss Mareike Wiening Marcin Wasilewski New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 23, 2021

Tune in and discover Cécile McLorin Salvant's new direction, Itai Kriss's demonstration that Middle-Eastern and Carribbean music were always meant to work together, and much more...Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sammy Miller and the Congregation “Who's Back in Town?" Who's Back in Town? -Single ...

Master Volume

By Teymur Phell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Zero to Sixty; Papano Kimono; Old Window; Master Volume; Worth the Wait; Unfinished Business; Hayvanhana; Sweet Sweep; Chances Are; Blues for Who?.