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Spunk: En Aldeles Forferdelig Sykdom
by Eyal Hareuveni
The third studio disc by the Norwegian all-female quartet Spunk suggests a new perspective on free collective improvisation. Free improv does not have to be cerebral and dead serious. Spunk likes to push the music into absurdist extremes, to load the music with eccentric ideas, almost to the brink of anarchy, but always with a quirky ...
Yinon Muallem: Klezmer for the Sultan
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israeli percussionist Yinon Muallem, whose main expertise is Middle Eastern percussion instruments such as the darbuka, def, bendir, and the Iranian zarb, decided three years ago to pursue his career in Turkey. It was a wise decision. In Istanbul, Muallem continued to refine his style under the direction of one of Turkey's foremost oud player, Yurdal ...
Slava Ganelin: Two Different Trios
by Eyal Hareuveni
The recording career of composer and keyboard player Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin has always been quite sporadic, especially since he emigrated from Russia to Israel in 1987. Ganelin was previously associated with the London-based Leo label, which documented his early work with the now legendary Russian Trio with reed player Vladimir Chekasin and drummer Vladimir Tarasov. According ...
Nels Cline/Wally Shoup/Chris Corsano: Immolation/Immersion
by Eyal Hareuveni
This meeting of three free-minded musicians promises a lot and delivers much more. Los Angeles-based guitarist Nels Cline is one of the most versatile players around--as the new lead guitarist for the alt-country-rock band Wilco; as a collaborator with such diverse improvisers as reedman Vinny Golia, electric bassist Devin Sarno, and Sonic Youth guitarists Thurston Moore ...
2005 International Oud Festival, Jerusalem
by Eyal Hareuveni
International Oud Festival Jerusalem, Israel November 14-26, 2005 Music can be a solid bridge between cultures, especially alienated cultures such as the Muslim and Jewish ones. The sixth Oud Festival brought Israeli, Palestinian, Turkish, Indian, and American-Armenian musicians (pictured: Ara Dinkijian) to the torn city of Jerusalem, all relating to ...
Davka: Davka Live
by Eyal Hareuveni
The quotes of Jewish wisdom (or mundane stupidity) that appear as part of the liner notes for Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture series rarely have any connection to the fine music that Tzadik has to offer. However, the quote from writer and commentator Henry Louis Mencken, dated more than one hundred years ago, really gives an insight ...
Vision Festival Vol. 3 CD/DVD/Book
by Eyal Hareuveni
Various Artists Vision Vol. 3 (CD + DVD) Arts for Art / AUM Fidelity 2005 Regretfully, the first decade of New York's Vision Festival has not been documented properly--at least officially (any proficient web surfer can download many live audience recordings from each year of the festival). So ...
Misha Alperin in Tel Aviv
by Eyal Hareuveni
Misha AlperinIsrael Conservatory of MusicTel Aviv, IsraelNov. 9, 2005 Pianist Mikhail (Misha) Alperin is a musical nomad. Not only between territories--he was born in Ukraine, grew up in Moldavia, and began to gain his reputation while residing in Moscow, where he founded the Moscow Art Trio with horn player Arkady Shilkloper and traditional ...
Slava Ganelin Meets Albert Beger in Tel Aviv
by Eyal Hareuveni
Slava Ganelin and Albert Beger Zappa Club Tel Aviv, Israel November 1, 2005 The first musical meeting ever of pianist Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin and saxophonist Albert Beger was conceived by the new Israeli label, Auris Media, as part of the label's celebration of its launching. Ganelin, who resides ...
Eyal Maoz: Edom
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israel-born, New York-based guitarist Eyal Maoz's debut release on Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture series, Edom, is not officially part of the ever-multiplying series of tributes to the Masada songbook by Tzadik's founder and visionary, John Zorn. But in many ways, Maoz pays his respect here to the canonization of Zorn's new Jewish music, and even more ...
