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Anat Fort: A Long Story
by Budd Kopman
From the first notes of “Just Now," an attentive listener will recognize that A Long Story is going to be something special. The seemingly simple, Middle-Eastern tinged melody is treated with odd phrase lengths, keeping the listener decidedly off-balance, despite the direct harmonic progressions. Pianist Anat Fort's improvisations on the tune float around the barely felt ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by Dan McClenaghan
Solemnity and reverence are two characteristics that come to mind on hearing the opening tune on Tel Aviv-born pianist Anat Fort's ECM Records debut, A Long Story. The simple, straightforward melody of “Just Now, Var. I" sounds biblically old, like music tapped from humanity's collective marrow; and it--and the entire set--fits well into the atmosphere of ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by Elliott Simon
A Long Story is a most satisfying chronicle that carefully explores pianist Anat Fort's delicate compositions. Fort has been provoking praise with a worldly style that blends Mid-Eastern hues into pieces that prominently feature her classical/jazz training. Like her playing, her compositions can straddle diverse worlds and impress with a sensitivity that is comfortable with tales ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by John Kelman
There are those who dream of the perfect group, but it's rare for an artist to get it so right the first time. A Long Story isn't exactly Anat Fort's first record (which was her self-released 1999 album Peel), but it's the Israeli expat's first to reach an international audience. Most people will find it their ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ci si commuove alle prime note di A Long Story. Per la bellezza del suono, per la tenerezza delle melodie, per la delicatezza del tocco, per la discrezione e la profondità spirituale della musica. Si presenta così Anat Fort, giovane pianista uscita da quella fucina di talenti che si sta rivelando, da qualche anno a questa ...
Anat Fort: Make It Happen
by AAJ Staff
By Anat Fort Confusing place, New York City. I may be planning on an early night (you know, going to bed around 12-1 am) when I get an email from a burning group that's playing somewhere. Soon enough, my phone rings and it's a friend, going to see this “really amazing band, you ...
