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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Album

The Magician: Live in Jerusalem

By Alon Farber

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Persistence of Memory; The Magician; Minuet for Maya; Farbalak; Spring Ahead.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far), Part 6

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 27, 2024

For the past couple of weeks we have been sharing some of our favorite songs from the first six months of the year. We have reached the final installment, so enjoy the rest of the best. In six months, we'll do this all over again!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cassie Kinoshi, Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, Alon Farber & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 16, 2024

Cassie Kinoshi's stunning new album, Gratitude, along with new releases featuring Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, James Brandon Lewis, Alon Farber and Fredrik Nordström will bring you a high-density set of rewarding new music. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Guy “Footwork" Footwork--Single ...

Song of the Day

Persistence of Memory

February 5, 2024

Album: The Magician: Live in Jerusalem
By Alon Farber
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:53

Album

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.

Article: Album Review

Alon Farber Hagiga: Reflecting on Freedom

Read "Reflecting on Freedom" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 6, 2021

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 ...

Song of the Day

Israeli Song

August 26, 2021

Album: Reflecting on Freedom
By Alon Farber
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 05:15

About Alon Farber

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Musician

Alon Farber

Born: October 20, 1974

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

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Article: Album Review

Assaf Kehati: Flowers And Other Stories

Read "Flowers And Other Stories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 20, 2011

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 ...