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Live Review

Third World Love at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

by David Miller
June 4, 2009

Third World LoveLe Poisson RougeNew York, New YorkMay 1, 2009“Fusion" is oft considered a four-letter word in jazz circles. But critics would do well to understand that jazz is itself a fusion, and is today more than ever moving forward by fusing different musics and cultures together. Case and point: Third World Love's performance at Le Poisson Rouge on May 1.More a collective than a quartet, the group comprises Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonatan ...

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Album Review

Third World Love: New Blues

Read "New Blues" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
September 5, 2008

Third World Love is comprised of three Israelis (trumpeter Avishai Cohen, pianist Yonathan Avishai and bassist Omer Avital) and a native New Yorker (drummer Daniel Freedman). The band has been promoted as a “world-fusion" group and its press clippings hail its appeal to young non-jazz audiences. But make no mistake: Third World Love is a group of serious jazz musicians, with the chops and the resumes to prove it. And while their music incorporates a multitude of Middle Eastern, African ...

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Album Review

Third World Love: New Blues

Read "New Blues" reviewed by Greg Camphire

by Greg Camphire
April 3, 2008

International collective Third World Love drops its fourth release in the form of New Blues, and it's a refreshing take on the trend of incorporating a global outlook into the stream of African-American music. The band members--featuring 3 Israeli expatriates and a bona-fide New Yorker--have all absorbed the blues language and applied it to various planet-spanning ethnic styles, referencing swing, Dixieland and post-bop as well as flamenco, salsa, samba, klezmer and various Middle Eastern strains. The album is truly a ...

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Album Review

Third World Love: Sketch of Tel Aviv

Read "Sketch of Tel Aviv" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 19, 2007

A celebration of life flows through Sketch of Tel Aviv. Third World Love, based in New York, is a quartet of three Israeli-born players (trumpeter Avishai Cohen, bassist Omer Avital, pianist Yonatan Avishai) and a New York native, drummer Daniel Freedman. Since their debut, Third World Love Songs (Fresh Sound World Jazz, 2002), their music has been labeled world fusion, embracing ideas from the Middle East, Africa and American jazz. Each musician is active as either a leader of his ...