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Alon Farber
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Saxophonist and composer Alon Farber is one of the leading jazz musicians in the Israeli jazz scene. His style is very unique and innovative and combines rich harmonies with contrapuntal writing. As a wind player Alon has great sensitivity for writing for horns. Alon claims that he has been influenced by great artists such as Wayne Shorter, Dave Douglas and Ornette Coleman. Alon has collaborated along the years with well-established Jazz artists such as Omri Mor, Amos Hoffman, Avi Lebovich, Omer Klein, Haggai Cohen-Milo, Avishai Cohen (the trumpet player), Eli Degibri, Anat Cohen, Hagai Amir, Tal Ronen, Uzi Finerman, Toru Dodo(Japan), Eyal Ganor and Ofer Ganor
Reflecting on Freedom
By Alon Farber
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Israeli Song; Reflecting on Freedom & Freedom Jazz Dance; Theme for Michal; Ima; Fresh Start; More Monkeys,
Please; You'll See the Way; Hammouda; Farbalak.
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 ...
Israeli Song
Album: Reflecting on Freedom
By Alon Farber
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 05:15
Assaf Kehati: Flowers And Other Stories
by Dan Bilawsky
Dynamic tension and release is an under-explored avenue in jazz. While composers and performers of this music seem to come out of institutes of higher learning with advanced harmonic knowledge, allowing them to create stunningly complex chords that resolve in an amiable fashion, these very musicians are often incapable of using the same techniques when dealing ...
Assaf Kehati Quartet: Finding Its Own Voice
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israeli guitarist Assaf Kehati, Boston-based since 2007, is a regular in drummer Billy Hart's outfits. His melodic compositions are, he says, inspired by the details of daily life. He cites as influences composers who have blurred the distinctions between folk/pop and more sophisticated music--Hector Berlioz, George Gershwin, guitarist Pat Metheny, Sting and even country singer Kenny ...
Optimistic View
By Alon Farber
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Optimistic View; Mystic Seven; Smile of the Cat; Don Avignion (for
Avi Leibovich); Kundalini; Zambura; Bird Cry/Takasim.
Alon Farber Hagiga Sextet: Optimistic View
by AAJ Italy Staff
Secondo CD per l'Hagiga Sextet, messo in piedi nel 2001 dal sassofonista e compositore Alon Farber e dal batterista Dani Benedikt. Il gruppo è interamente israeliano, ed in Israele ha realizzato questo lavoro, che risente solo in parte delle influenze musicali mediorientali e si ispira più generalmente al jazz contemporaneo. La musica espressa si nutre di ...
The Alon Farber Hagiga Sextet: Optimistic View
by Jay Deshpande
No other way to put it: the Alon Farber Hagiga Sextet is a fantastic find. First formed in 2001 by saxophonist Alon Farber and drummer Dani Benedikt, Hagiga has developed a tasteful interplay while melding disparate musical traditions from around the world. As Israelis, the band-members draw on a heritage of confluence and intersection. Mirroring their ...
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