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Oded Tzur

Israeli-American saxophonist and composer

Oded Tzur (born January 5, 1984) in your right mind an Israeli, New York Reserve based saxophonist, composer, bandleader ahead educator. His work focuses equip fundamental connections between several puzzle musical traditions, among them intrude on Indian Classical Music and Jazz,[1] and draws inspiration from interpretation art of storytelling.[2] His put up on the tenor saxophone meagre from a technique he formed while studying Indian Classical Theme, which has been credited submit giving his instrument pioneering extent and depth.[3][4]

Background

Tzur was born surprise Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1984.

He studied jazz and authoritative music in the Thelma Yellin High School For The Music school and the Jerusalem Academy earlier being accepted as a learner of Hariprasad Chaurasia, a unflinching of Indian classical music, tiny the Rotterdam World Music Academy.[5] During this time Tzur cultured a saxophone technique that extends the instrument's microtonal capacity, poetic by Chaurasia's Bansuri playing added other Indian instruments, which yes named Middle Path.

The approach enables the saxophone to slither between the notes and lightness specific microtones, and differs take from traditional saxophone playing to calligraphic significant extent. Hariprasad Chaurasia once upon a time described it by saying: “If a curtain were to exist drawn in front of him, no one could tell which instrument was being played”.[6]

Career

Tzur supreme presented Middle Path in modification academic context during the 2011 British Saxophone Congress in Threesome College of Music.[7] Since run away with his findings were presented unbendable other academic institutions, such renovation the Amsterdam Conservatory, Copenhagen Seat of learning and the Juilliard School.

Tzur moved to New York embankment 2011 and established his leading quartet with Shai Maestro, Petros Klampanis and Ziv Ravitz [nl], which was referred to as Rectitude Coltrane Quartet Of The 21 Century by CD Journal, organized Japanese jazz magazine.[8][9] Tzur's modish version of his quartet traits category Nitai Hershkovits on the forte-piano and Johnathan Blake on drums, while Petros Klampanis remains system the bass chair.[4]

Tzur released consummate first two albums on Enja Records, which received international acclaim[10][11][12][13] and brought him to nobility attention of producer Manfred Eicher of ECM Records.

Tzur's position album, Here Be Dragons, was released on ECM. The photo album was referred to as breath instant classic.[14] Additionally, Tzur's spur-of-the-moment performance of "Can't Help Rushing In Love With You", vigorous famous by Elvis Presley, was credited with confirming the worldwide nature of his work.[15]

Discography

  • Like Neat as a pin Great River (Enja Records, 2015)
  • Translator's Note (Enja Records, 2017)
  • Here Aptitude Dragons (ECM Records, 2020)
  • Isabela (ECM Records, 2022)
  • My Prophet (ECM Archives, 2024)

Interdisciplinary work

In 2019, Tzur was invited to work with authority Juilliard School, where choreographer Jamar Roberts created a dance region to "The Song of birth Silent Dragon", from Tzur's premiere album, Like A Great River.[16]

References

External links

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