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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

jazz

Bass player Barak Mori will perform a piece he composed for his nephew, Omri Ben Shachar, killed in action in Gaza in December 2023. (Courtesy)
June 18, 2024, 6:39 pm
Bassist Barak Mori to play blue notes at Jerusalem Jazz in memory of fallen nephew
After paratrooper Omri Ben Shachar was killed in battle in Gaza, his musician uncle wrote a piece in his memory
By Jessica Steinberg
Tivon Pennicott, saxophonist, will perform in Israel on August 14, 15, 16 and 18, 2023 (Courtesy OGATA)
August 14, 2023, 12:33 pm
Saxophonist Tivon Pennicott visits Israel for week of jazz gigs
Musician whose work appeared on 3 Grammy-winning albums says he wants to observe Israeli work ethic and culture
By Jessica Steinberg
Avishai Cohen's Big Vicious Ensemble with Uzi Ramirez (second from left) will perform at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival, June 27-29, 2023 (Courtesy Ben Palhov)
June 27, 2023, 10:25 am
Versatile guitarist Uzi Ramirez plays blues, jazz, rock and funk
Joining trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s Big Vicious ensemble at June’s Jerusalem Jazz fest, the musician heads into a busy July
By Jessica Steinberg
Singer Efrat Gosh will perform at the winter edition of the Red Sea Jazz Festival, February 23-25, 2023 (Courtesy Ido Izik)
December 27, 2022, 5:32 pm
Jazz gigs and jam sessions at winter Red Sea fest
Local and visiting artists will be onstage for indoor version of seaside city music event
By Jessica Steinberg
Mo Levy at the Roulette Records office, sirca 1969. (Wikimedia commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0/ Richard Carlin)
November 29, 2022, 1:38 am
Jewish organized crime made jazz noteworthy – but left Black musicians flat
In his new book ‘Dangerous Rhythms,’ author TJ English exposes a dark underside of the music industry, showing how mob-adjacent Jews fought segregation while exploiting the talent
By Rich Tenorio
Soul, jazz and R&B vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Frank McComb, undated (Courtesy of the artist)
November 25, 2022, 6:25 am
Soul, jazz and R&B artist Frank McComb to visit Rimon School of Music
Vocalist and songwriter will teach master classes and perform, with a concert and some workshops open to the public
By Jessica Steinberg
Yahala (left) and Shani Lachmish, sisters and singers in their band, Tandu (Courtesy Reuven Ben Haim)
July 22, 2022, 3:21 pm
Podcast: Singing sisters fuse together world music, piyyut and jazz
Yahala and Shani Lachmish talk and sing from their debut album, ‘Savtuna’
By ToI Staff
At the Jerusalem Jazz Festival in July 2021; this year's festival takes place July 5-7, 2022 and includes international artists once again (Courtesy Jerusalem Jazz Festival)
June 30, 2022, 4:08 pm
International artists return to Jerusalem Jazz Festival
Boundary-pushing event to be held on grounds and in galleries of Israel Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Jazz pianist Stav Achai and her quartet will perform at Holon Theater's Women's Festival, March 8, 2022, marking International Women's Day (Courtesy Yossi Zveker)
March 8, 2022, 2:01 pm
Jazz pianist brings new sound, male band to Women’s Day event
Stav Achai and her quartet and guests offer mix of music and rhythm to Holon Woman Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Sandra Jaffe, far left, who along with her husband, Allan, owned and managed Preservation Hall since the early 1960s, watches trombonist Freddie Lonzo sing to the crowd gathered June 10, 2021, in New Orleans, for the reopening of the venue since the coronavirus lockdown. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The Advocate via AP)
January 6, 2022, 2:24 am
Sandra Jaffe, New Orleans’ celebrated Preservation Hall jazz club owner, dies at 83
Jaffe, who ran the club for decades with her husband Allan, credited with integrating the vaunted venue before segregation ended and helping preserve jazz in the city
By Shira Hanau
The Jerusalem Street Orchestra performing at the city's Clal Building, a classical musical festival returning October 26-28, 2021 (Courtesy Jerusalem Street Orchestra)
October 22, 2021, 12:23 am
Jerusalem Street Orchestra brings back Clal Festival
Three days of classical music in cavernous lobby of downtown Clal Building, an ‘acoustic pearl’
By Jessica Steinberg
George Wein plays with a jazz band in New Orleans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, December 16, 2008. (AP Photo, File)
September 14, 2021, 5:38 pm
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
Jewish impresario of 20th century music set the template for jazz and rock festivals the world over
By Hillel Italie
Tamir Grinberg, the vocalist who won 'HaKochav Haba," the Keshet 12 reality music show, on September 1, 2021. (Courtesy: Keshet 12)
September 2, 2021, 9:23 pm
English-singing pianist wins music reality show ‘Rising Star’
Tamir Grinberg, also a vocalist and composer, takes home NIS 1 million; seen as a prodigy, he has been performing since his teens
By Jessica Steinberg
Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the upstairs den of his Corona, New York home on June 23, 1971. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
September 1, 2021, 5:18 am
Hurricane Ida levels Jewish family home where Louis Armstrong found inspiration
A youthful Armstrong spent time with the Karnofsky family at their home and tailor shop, where they mentored him, bought his first trumpet and instilled a love of matzah
By Ron Kampeas
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen, artistic director of the Jerusalem Jazz Festival (Courtesy Johan Jacobs)
June 8, 2021, 8:32 pm
Jazz festival returns to Israel Museum with all-Israeli lineup
Artists from abroad unable to participate due to COVID-19 travel restrictions; performances to take place outside, in museum’s sculpture garden
By Jessica Steinberg
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