Re: Avishai Cohen

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Along similar lines, where do John Zorn's Masada projects fit in? Or Uri
Caine's Mahler thing?
                        EK

At 11:24 AM 12/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>People from the list were helpful identifying the lineage of Elliot
>Smith, so here's a new one for the week.
>
>Avishai Cohen is a rather critically acclaimed young jazz string
>bassist.
>
>He has recently fronted a group for his first album, "Adama".  The CD
>(on Stretch 9015) contains such selections as "Adama", "Dror", "Gadu"
>and "Ora".  I haven't heard any of it yet.
>
>The question is, can this music be classified as Jewish music in any
>way beyond the heritage of the musician and the titles of the works.
>In other words, if I didn't know those things about the music and
>heard it "blind", could I tell that its composer/performer was Jewish
>(for example, based on its musical themes)?
>
>Bob
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