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Oded Tzur Quartet Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
Oded Tzur is a tenor saxophonist with a warm sound reminiscent of John Coltrane. He is often praised for his narrative compositions, his unique control over the saxophone's dynamics and his singular “sliding" technique. Originally from Tel Aviv, Trur convincingly bridges Western and Eastern music and studied Indian music with the legendary flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Rotterdam conservatory. He currently resides in New York where he is part of the growing scene of remarkable Israeli jazz expats. ...
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by Neri Pollastri
Si dice un gran bene di questo giovane sassofonista israeliano di stanza a New York, qui giunto al secondo lavoro da leader alla testa di un quartetto che include i connazionali Shai Maestro e Ziv Ravitz e il greco Petros Klampanis. In programma sue musiche originali e il coltraneano «Lonnie's Lament». E in effetti Translator's Note è un ottimo disco, in equilibrio tra modern jazz, avanguardia e lezioni del passato, in ispecie dell'omaggiato John Coltrane. Lo si apprezza ...
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by Karl Ackermann
Translator's Note is an outstanding release from the Tel Aviv native, now New York-based tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur. As he did on his debut outing Like a Great River (Enja Records, 2016), Tzur merges jazz and elements of Indian music. Rather than playing the two styles off each other, he finds the common ground between the two and creates an organic hybrid that plays to what he envisions as their natural powers. The debut quartet is still intact ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
If music has the potential to tell stories, saxophonist Oded Tzur proves himself one of the jazz world's premier storytellers on Translator's Note. “Single Mother," the tune that opens the set, is a vibrant novelette, haunting and atmospheric, riding on the undertones of Indian classical music--a winding tale that gathers intensity and momentum, a sculpting of sounds that is by turns exotically lovely and searingly anguished. Schooled in a myriad of musical styles, the supremely cohesive set is ...
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