‘Imagine That’ sounds sublime
Drummer Daniel Freedman follows up his acclaimed 2012 album, Bamako by Bus, with Imagine That (Anzic Records), a vibrant collection ...
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Birth of the cool Israeli
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Avishai Cohen is feeling under the weather. During a recent telephone interview with the AJW from his ...
Omer Avital and the Band of the East will play Thursday evening, Jan. 10 at St. Paul JCC
The Jan. 4 issue of the AJW featured a story about acclaimed Israeli jazz bassist and composer Omer Avital. Music ...
Building a musical bridge
Omer Avital has established himself as a top bass player on the jazz scene, but also is bringing traditional Jewish ...
A more intimate clarinet festival
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen reports that she was spared the calamitous effects of Hurricane Sandy. “We’re some ...
Omer Avital releases new CD of original songs
Bassist Omer Avital — who has played on local stages, with pianist Omer Klein, and recently with Ravid Kahalani’s Yemen ...
Anat Cohen returns to the Dakota / VIDEO
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Clarinet virtuoso Anat Cohen, a native of Tel Aviv, Israel, returns to the Dakota Jazz Club for ...
