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Ofer Assaf is a jazz saxophonist and composer. Born in Israel, Ofer Assaf's exposure to music began with the recorder at the age of 6. While attending the Thelma Yellin high school of the arts, Ofer divided his time between his passions of music and dance. He was dancing professionally for several years, but eventually decided to focus on music as his career. Ofer's love of creating music led him to excel in the saxophone, and he went on to win the Israeli National Competition in Jazz and Contemporary Music for young musicians in 1991. After completing high school, Ofer was a saxophonist with the Air Force and IDF Orchestras in the Israeli army to fulfill his mandatory national service

Article: Live Review

Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019

by Mark Sullivan
June 5, 2019

Atlanta Jazz Festival Atlanta, GA May 25-26, 2019 Last year the festival operated under the threat of rain all weekend. This year's 42nd edition saw record-tying high temperatures: 93 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit (ten degrees above the historical averages). No doubt it is a coincidence that the programming was cooler than last ...

Article: Album Review

Adam Holzman: Truth Decay

Read "Truth Decay" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 7, 2018

Truly a musician's musician, Adam Holzman's career, visibility-wise, has waxed and waned over the keyboardist's thirty-year career, but he's never been less than busy. His time spent with Miles Davis, during the last years of the music icon's life, helped raise the masterful and broad-reaching keyboardist/producer's profile. Certainly, based on his work with jazz artists including ...

Album

Tangible Reality

By Ofer Assaf

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Kingfisher 51; Tangilble Reality; The Nearness of You; The Archer; Blues for MB; Little Goldmund; Tame the Wild Beast; Body and Soul.

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Ofer Assaf: Tangible Reality

Read "Tangible Reality" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 6, 2009

Israeli-born, tenor saxophonist Ofer Assaf, who is now New York-based, looks every bit the modern jazz man on the cover of Tangible Reality. He's got the shades, the beret-style hat worn backwards, and--truth in advertising--he's also got the modern jazz man goods.A big percentage of young mainstream jazz artists try to take the “Miles ...