Omer Avital - Asking No Permission
ARTIST.....: Omer Avital
TITLE......: Asking No Permission
LABEL......: Smalls Records
URL........: http://www.omeravital.com / http://www.myspace.com/omeravital
RIP DATE...: Oct-06-2007
STORE DATE.: 000-00-2006
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 107,0 MB
Track Listing:
01 - know what i mean ! 11:26
02 - lullaby of the leaves 08:42
03 - ballad 02:57
04 - devil head 08:51
05 - 12 tribes 15:22
06 - kentucky girl 14:55
07 - the field 12:02
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74:15 min
Release Notes:
Omer Avital was born in the small Israeli town of Givataim where
his formal training began at age 11 when he entered the Givataim
Conservatory to study Classical Guitar. It was upon entering Talma
Yalin, Israel's leading High School for the Arts, that Mr.
Avital's interest turned towards jazz. He switched his focus to
the acoustic bass, and soon became the leader of the school's jazz
ensemble for which he wrote all the arrangements. During his
senior year, at the age of 17, he began playing professionally in
various jazz, pop, and folk bands, as well as performing regularly
on national television, radio, and in numerous jazz festivals.
After spending less then a year in the Israeli Army (playing in
its orchestra), Omer made his way to New York City in search of a
more promising jazz setting. His talent was instantly recognized
and he quickly became a hotly sought after sideman û steadily
performing, recording and touring with such Jazz legends as Roy
Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Nat Adderly, Walter Bishop, Al Foster, Kenny
Garret, Steve Grossman, Frank Hewitt, Jimmy Lovelace, Rashied Ali,
and more, as well as some of the great Jazz artists of his
generation including Mark Turner, Aaron Goldberg, Joshua Redman,
Jason Lindner, Jeff Ballard, Brad Mehldau, Antonio Hart, Claudia
Acuna, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Bernstein, Greg Tardy, Myron
Walden, Larry Goldings, and Ali Jackson among others.
AvitalÆs primary interest and success has been as a composer,
arranger and bandleader. In 1994 the now legendary Smalls jazz
club opened in New York's Greenwich Village. The clubÆs visionary
owner, Mitchell Borden, invited the city's young inspired jazz
musicians, as well as some of the old masters of the art form, to
share their musical explorations and create a fresh and inviting
artistic environment. Since the opening night of Smalls, Avital
had began playing at there steadily, both as a leader of his own
band and in the legendary Monday night Big Band, led by
pianist/composer/arranger Jason Lindner and featured many of the
scene's greatest musicians. Avital had also performed regularly in
the famous Friday night jam sessions with the great young drummer
Ali Jackson.
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