Label: Origin Records
Format: CD
Barcode: 0805558292323
Catalog number: ORIGIN 82923
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Format: CD
Barcode: 0805558292323
Releasedate:
"… sonically engaging and timeless jazz songs that you won't soon forget" - Take Effect
"…a marvelous ensemble capable of telepathic musical communication within intricate passages…" - The New York City Jazz Record
"…a marvelous ensemble capable of telepathic musical communication within intricate passages…" - The New York City Jazz Record
Hagiga in Hebrew means “celebration,” and in saxophonist Alon Farber’s music for his 25-year-old ensemble, he celebrates the cultural divergence of his Israeli heritage through a heady melding of Swing, Moroccan, Funk and Brazilian backgrounds. For his third Origin release, Farber focused on the dream state, where the process of writing new music begins for him–imagining the development of an idea, the recording of it and then listening back, before ever putting notes on paper. Musings on Charles Mingus delivered "Mingus Dream," “Cookies” was inspired by a Thelonious Monk-esque world, and “The Bartok Blues” hails from a land Béla Bartók may or may not recognize. With pianist Katia Toobool, bassist Assaf Hakimi, and drummer Yonatan Rosen, Farber’s Hagiga is free and expressive, original and energetic, all within a creative framework 25 years in the making.