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Alon Yavnai takes Big Band sound global with "Shir Ahava" CD + NY and Boston concert debuts
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Cindy Byram PR
Jazz Pianist/Composer Takes Big Band Sound Global with Influences from North Africa, Cape Verde, Middle East and Peru Credits Include Grammy CDs with Paquito D'Rivera and Yo-Yo Ma NEW YORK CD Release Concert Sunday MARCH 25TH at BIRDLAND Special Guests: Paquito D'Rivera & Malika Zarra BOSTON CD Release Concert Thursday APRIL 19TH at Scullers Israel-born, Brooklyn-based pianist/composer Alon Yavnai has teamed up with Germany's NDR Bigband for Shir Ahava (Hebrew for “A Love Poem"), his first album of music for ...
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Alon Nechushtan -- Words Beyond (Buckyball Records, 2011) ****
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Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
By Paul Acquaro I seem to like a piano trio that is well marinated in rhythm. No matter how lush—both hands on the keyboard and the sustain pedal pressed—or how spare, if served with that extra dash of flavor, I'm hooked. Alon Nechushtan's 'Words Beyond' hits the spot. From the opening moments of the jaunty 'Muppet Shock,' the bass, drum and piano are perfectly immersed and proportioned. Nechushtan works with the klezmer influenced group Talat, but the straight ahead “Words ...
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Berklee Piano Week 2002 To Feature Associate Professor Joanne Brackeen And Visiting Artists Larry Goldings And Alon Yavnai
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All About Jazz
BOSTON, February 28, 2002 -- Berklee College of Music will present Piano Week 2002 from Monday, March 4, through Thursday, March 7, 2002. The annual series will feature concerts and clinics by visiting artists, Berklee's world-renowned piano faculty, and some of the college's top student pianists. All events are free except Tuesday and Wednesday night concerts in the wheelchair-accessible Berklee Performance Center. BPC events are $5.00 -- $2.00 for seniors. Tickets are available at the box office, 136 Massachusetts Ave., ...
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