Jazz Articles about Ofer Assaf

Ofer Assaf: Tangible Reality

by Dan McClenaghan
March 6, 2009

Israeli-born, tenor saxophonist Ofer Assaf, who is now New York-based, looks every bit the modern jazz man on the cover of Tangible Reality. He's got the shades, the beret-style hat worn backwards, and--truth in advertising--he's also got the modern jazz man goods.A big percentage of young mainstream jazz artists try to take the “Miles Davis second great quintet" tangent to make themselves sound cutting edge. Assaf seems more of a mind to craft his own voice, in terms ...