Jazz Articles about Itamar Borochov

About Itamar Borochov

Instrument: Trumpet

Album Review

Trumpeter Itamar Borochov is originally from the Middle East but is part of the New York jazz scene. He plays a quarter-tone trumpet which helps bring an unusual expressiveness and calm to his sound, This is well-suited to the music he plays which is steeped in the chords and scales of the Mediterranean area where he grew up. Tracks such as “Abraham" and “What Broke You?" spotlight the ethereal beauty of Borochev's sound as he broods over Rob ...

Album Review

Itamar Borochov: Blue Nights

Read "Blue Nights" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
April 17, 2020

Terzo album a proprio nome per il trentacinquenne trombettista israeliano Itamar Borochov, da anni ormai residente a New York e che qui fa convergere la tradizione jazzistica con quella di musiche delle terre della sua origine. Non solo però la musica sefardita, bensì anche quelle del maqam arabo e dello Gnawa marocchino. Le tradizioni etniche, tuttavia, entrano a far parte di questo lavoro senza togliere ad esso un chiarissima identità jazzistica, vuoi per le sonorità della formazione—un classico ...

Radio & Podcasts

Itamar Borochov, Doug Webb And Get The Blessing

by Bob Osborne
October 18, 2018

New releases from Itamar Borochov, Doug Webb, and Get The Blessing plus some previously unreleased music Thelonious Monk, rescued from a skip, are the headliners for this show. Also the intense avant jazz of Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon, some Mingus and Joni, and other new releases. Playlist Itamar Borochov “Blue Nights" Blue Nights (Laborie) 00:00 Doug Webb “Ah Leu Cha" Fast Friends (Posi-tone) 06:39 Get The Blessing “If It Can It Will" Bristopia (Kartel) 13:38 Thelonious Monk ...

Album Review

Itamar Borochov Quartet: Outset

by Dan Bilawsky
June 11, 2014

Israeli trumpeter Itamar Borochov landed on U.S. soil in 2006, eager and ready to start studying at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Now, eight years later, he's stepping out with his aptly-titled debut--Outset. While this marks Borochov's maiden voyage as a leader, he's already received some well-deserved attention for his work with Yemen Blues--a jazz-tinged world music outfit with an Afro-Arabian mindset that brings together musicians from Israel, Uruguay and the United States. Borochov's ...