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Saxophonist Paul Shapiro Interviewed at AAJ...And More
Reed man Paul Shapiro is one of the most resourceful and versatile musicians in the vibrant New York scene. In addition to his work in the jazz world, with Phillip Johnston's Microscopic Septet and forward-thinking improvisers such as Julius Hemphill and Elliot Sharp, Shapiro is a founding member of the international musicians' cooperative, Brooklyn Funk Essentials. ...
Paul Shapiro: Swinging the Mundane with the Holy
by Eyal Hareuveni
Reed man Paul Shapiro is one of the most resourceful and versatile musicians in the vibrant New York scene. In addition to his work in the jazz world, with Phillip Johnston's Microscopic Septet and forward-thinking improvisers such as Julius Hemphill and Elliot Sharp, Shapiro is a founding member of the international musicians' cooperative, Brooklyn ...
Paul Shapiro's Ribs and Brisket Revue: Essen
by Eyal Hareuveni
Reed man Paul Shapiro is one of the most resourceful and versatile musicians in the vibrant New York scene. In addition to his work in the jazz world, with Phillip Johnston's Microscopic Septet and forward-thinking improvisers such as Julius Hemphill and Elliot Sharp, Shapiro is a founding member of the international musicians' cooperative, Brooklyn ...
It's In The Twilight
By Paul Shapiro
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2006
Track listing: Light Rolls Away the Darkness; Children of Abraham; The Sun Keeps on Coming Up; Lecha
Dodi Twilight; Kiddush; Oy Veys Mir; Adon Olam; One Must Leave So Another Can Come
Paul Shapiro: It's in the Twilight
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Day's slide into night, the work week's conclusion, and prayers of the Jewish Shabbat inspired saxophonist Paul Shapiro's compositions and arrangements for It's in the Twilight. It is celebratory music, imbued with optimism for change arising at these temporal transformations, a musical salve for these troubled times. Inviting melodic heads develop from Shapiro, combining with fellow ...
Paul Shapiro: It's In The Twilight
by Nic Jones
If this is an example of radical Jewish culture, as Tzadik bills it, then a whole lot of Gentiles would be doing themselves an enormous favour if they tapped into it. Listeners of all cultures from around the world are familiar with the idea of the keeper," meaning an item that will find a permanent home ...
Paul Shapiro: It's In The Twilight
by Jerry D'Souza
The blessings of the sabbath were clearly upon Paul Shapiro when he wrote the music for and recorded this album. On Midnight Minyan, his first record as a leader, he dwelt on Saturday mornings and the Jewish tradition. This time he turns back the clock to Friday evenings and the glow of twilight that the sabbath ...
Paul Shapiro: It's in the Twilight
by John Kelman
Reconvening the same group that made his debut, Midnight Minyan (Tzadik, 2003), so engaging, tenor saxophonist Paul Shapiro's new release is an even more exuberant affair. Combining a wealth of musical styles with the distinctive Jewish flavor that has made John Zorn's Radical Jewish Culture series so unpredictable, Shapiro proves that twilight needn't be a time ...
Paul Shapiro: It's in the Twilight
by Dan McClenaghan
Consider a single member of any ethnic group in America (so the joke goes), and that person has more fun at one wedding reception than a regular Anglo-Saxon white dude" does in his whole life. It's an unfair and untrue observation, of course, but saxophonist Paul Shapiro's It's in the Twilight does make a case for ...
Midnight Minyan
By Paul Shapiro
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2003
Track listing: Ma Lecha Hayam; Freigish Behavior; Sim Shalom; Amdah Haftorah Prelude; Aitz Chaim He; To
Life; Amidah; Lester Young's Misheberakh; Haftorah.