{"id":10217,"date":"2011-02-15T00:51:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T07:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=10217"},"modified":"2011-02-16T02:48:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T09:48:14","slug":"steven-bernstein-diaspora-soul-at-the-tel-aviv-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=10217","title":{"rendered":"Steven Bernstein &#8211; Diaspora Soul at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10219\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10219\" title=\"IMG_2712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2712.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2712-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Bernstein and Gilad Dobrecky\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When musicians who have never met before, sit down and begin playing together \u2013 it\u2019s magical. New York trumpeter &amp; band leader Steven Bernstein, who will be performing for the first time on an Israeli stage tonight at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, came with three NY musicians \u2013 Paul Shapiro on tenor saxophone, Erik Deutsch on keyboards and Roberto Rodriguez on drums, and will be joined by three Israeli musicians \u2013 Yakir Sasson on baritone saxophone, Assaf Hakimi on bass and Gilad Dobrecky on percussion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10222\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10222\" title=\"IMG_2756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2756.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2756-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yakir Sasson, Paul Shapiro, Steven Bernstein and Roberto Rodriguez\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This amazing crew came together yesterday at the Shablul Jazz Club in the Port of Tel Aviv to rehearse and were kind enough to open their rehearsal to some fortunate fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10223\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10223\" title=\"IMG_2758\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2758.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2758-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Bernstein, Assaf Hakimi and Erik Deutsch\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10224\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10224\" title=\"IMG_2749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2749.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2749-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erik Deutsch\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bernstein creates jazz arrangements for traditional Jewish songs \u2013 Chusen Callah Mazel Tov, Rock of Ages (aka Maoz Tsur), Let My People Go, Avinu Malkenu and more \u2013 listening to the songs this way is a kind of musical revelation; it may change your entire perspective on Jewish traditional songs, maybe on Jewish tradition as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10218\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2723g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10218\" title=\"IMG_2723g\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2723g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2723g.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_2723g-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Bernstein\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In rehearsal, the balance between taking notes and taking off is breath-taking. The atmosphere was warm and relaxed, everyone focused on getting it right \u2013 but the definition of \u201cright\u201d is something you feel; it\u2019s the spirit of the music.<\/p>\n<p>Hear them tonight at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque \u2013 Steven Bernstein \u2013 Diaspora Soul at 22:30. Tickets can be ordered<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzfest.co.il\/english\/tuesday.html\" target=\"_blank\"> online from the festival site<\/a>, or call: 03-6060800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When musicians who have never met before, sit down and begin playing together \u2013 it\u2019s magical. New York trumpeter &amp; band leader Steven Bernstein, who will be performing for the first time on an Israeli stage tonight at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, came with three NY musicians \u2013 Paul Shapiro on tenor saxophone, Erik [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}