Artist..........: Ori Dakari
Album...........: Entrances
Genre...........: Jazz
Label...........: Tzadik
Catnr...........: TZ8132
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 07-03-2010
Street.Date.....: 07-01-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://musique.fnac.com/a2603532/
Size............: 70.76MB
Song.Title :
01. Beresheet 10:27
02. Tzabar 5:26
03. Sun 6:20
04. Remembrance 6:11
05. Besora 7:32
06. Zehut 4:36
07. So Far Yet So Close 8:41
08. A Song For My Savta 2:06
Runtime: 51:19 min
Release.Info :
Guitarist Ori Dakari blends modern jazz with Israeli, East European, Yemenite
and North-African music making for an interesting and thoughtful sound. On this,
debut LP, he is accompanied by Uri Gurvich on alto sax, Takashi Sugawa on bass,
Mika Nishimura on piano and Eric Doob on drums. The lengthy and complex
"Beresheet" opens the album with some nice saxophone led improvisation and a
strong Middle Eastern feel. "Sun" is another highlight, with a darker sounding
melody, and a slinky guitar solo building to an intense conclusion. Strong too
is "Besora," with a full band collective improvisation led by Gurvich who sounds
brawny and deep. I like his sound a lot, apparently he has a new disc out on
Tzadik as well and I'll have to keep an eye out for that. Dakari takes the lead
on guitar for the stinging "So Far Yet So Close." The group succeeds on ballads
as well, "Tzabar" throttles things back a little bit with milder saxophone and
some probing guitar from the leader, and "Remembrance" is a deeply meditative
performance with gentle lullaby like guitar and slow piano. This was a solid
debut album from a promising musician and band. If Dakari defers to his
colleagues a little to much, it's out of respect for their abilities, not
because of a lack of things to say. He's a democratic bandleader who makes the
most of the people collaborating with him and this bodes well for future albums.
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