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Itai Kriss

About Itai Kriss, a recording artist praised by Jazzwax as “one of the most exciting new flutist-composers” on the scene, commands a variety of musical genres with an eclectic style infused with Jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern sounds. According to Downbeat Magazine, there is a “tangy, exotic flavor” to the New York musician’s style, which can be heard on his latest album, The Shark. The album features Kriss’ “soaring technique and phrasing that is both aggressive and pastoral,” which displays the versatility of his command of the flute, shifting through genres from funk and reggae to salsa and Arabic stylings with fluid ease. Kriss is based in New York, where he is vital member of the downtown and Brooklyn Jazz scenes and the Latin Jazz and Salsa music scenes

Album

Universos

Label: Jazz and People
Released: 2022
Track listing: Brooklyn Frevo; Dada; Samba pro Vitor; Requiem for Amando; Etude #2 (merengue); Parana (Entre Rios); Candombe para Ruben Rada; Chorão; Safta; A Night in Sevilla; Tal and Gil.

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Article: Live Review

Itai Kriss & Telavana At The Jazz Room

Read "Itai Kriss & Telavana At The Jazz Room" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Itai Kriss & Telavana The Jazz Room Charlotte, NC October 14, 2022 Flutist/composer Itai Kriss brought his world music fusion to the Jazz Room to inaugurate its 17th concert season. The set opened with a new, unrecorded tune with the Cuban groove that characterizes most of Kriss' music. Kriss and trumpeter ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

September Songs - Part 1

Read "September Songs - Part 1" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


September is a rather auspicious month musically, as you will hear through a playlist of songs inspired by September... or by things associated with the month of September... or featuring musicians born in September.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 James Brown “September Song" Soul ...

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Article: Album Review

Yuval Amihai: My 90s Summer

Read "My 90s Summer" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


This fourth album from Yuval Amihai takes inspiration from the halcyon days of a summer long past, recalling formative experiences of a youth spent in the desert city of Beer Sheva in Israel. But it also draws heavily on the guitarist's globetrotting as an adult, looking toward years spent in France and a new life in ...

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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights

Read "Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Jazz is not a competitive sport and “Best Ofs" are misnomers. End of the year listicles have no bearing on the artistic standing of the albums they include, or on those they neglect, just like a five star review doesn't make the album it graces any better than it already is. But, apparently, humans ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cécile McLorin Salvant Itai Kriss Mareike Wiening Marcin Wasilewski New Releases

Read "Cécile McLorin Salvant Itai Kriss Mareike Wiening Marcin Wasilewski New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Tune in and discover Cécile McLorin Salvant's new direction, Itai Kriss's demonstration that Middle-Eastern and Carribbean music were always meant to work together, and much more...Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sammy Miller and the Congregation “Who's Back in Town?" Who's Back in Town? -Single ...

Album

Master Volume

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Zero to Sixty; Papano Kimono; Old Window; Master Volume; Worth the Wait; Unfinished Business; Hayvanhana; Sweet Sweep; Chances Are; Blues for Who?.

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Article: Album Review

Eyal Vilner Big Band: Swing Out!

Read "Swing Out!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Eyal Vilner's fourth album as leader of his impressive New York-based big band is a throwback to the kind of concert dates audiences no doubt derived great pleasure from during the storied Big-Band Era well over half a century ago when groups not far removed from this one in spirit traveled cross-country by bus, car or ...

Album

Itai Kriss and Telavana

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Sahadi's Serenade; Hong Kong Overture; Rak Beinatayim; Shabazi; Para Venezuela; Buttered Scones And Tea; Mafroum; Havana Special; Azules.


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