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Alon Farber Hagiga: Reflecting on Freedom
by Jack Bowers
Israeli saxophonist Alon Farber's Hagiga (in Yiddish, celebration") is exactly that--a warm tribute to contemporary jazz from the Middle East to South America and beyond, ably performed on the group's fourth album, Reflecting on Freedom, by half a dozen well-schooled Israeli musicians and--on several of the album's nine tracks--special guest percussionist Rony Iwyrn and vocalist Sarai Zak-Levi. Hagiga has been in the forefront of Israel's burgeoning jazz scene for more than two decades, thanks for the most part to bright ...
read moreAri Erev: Close to Home
by Edward Blanco
Pianist and composer Ari Erev here delivers an intimate musical portrait containing a selection of light jazz music intended to convey a warm personal story. As the Israeli pianist states, the album tells my story of family members, close friends and familiar places, to whom I relate and feel deep emotions towards." Along with eight original compositions, Erev adds reimagined songs by Paul Simon, Keith Jarrett and fellow Israeli artist Efraim Shamir. He also touches on bossa nova with the ...
read moreAssaf Hakimi: Some Other Day
by Eyal Hareuveni
Bassist Assaf Hakimi recorded Some Other Day at the end of a seven-year stint in New York, just prior to his return to Israel. During that time he studied at the New School with such esteemed teachers as Junior Mance, Doug Weiss, Jane Ira Bloom and Billy Harper. For his debut, Hakimi summons some of his elite Israeli jazz comrades who split their time between New York and Israel--saxophonist Eli Degibri, trombonist Jonathan Voltzok and pianist Alon Yavnai.
Hakimi, who ...
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Persistence of Memory
From: The Magician: Live in JerusalemBy Assaf Hakimi
Israeli Song
From: Reflecting on FreedomBy Assaf Hakimi
Falling in Place
From: Close to HomeBy Assaf Hakimi