![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mary-Stallings-Mars-Breslow.jpg\" "\\"Mary")
<\/a>Tuesday, February 21, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n 20:00 Hall 3 \u2013 Mary Stallings<\/a> Quartet \u201cRemember Love\u201d<\/strong> 20:15 Hall 4 – Yuval Cohen<\/a> and Yonatan Avishai<\/a> \u201cArt of the Duo\u201d<\/strong> 22:30 Hall 3 – Henry Grimes<\/a> Sublime Communication Trio \u201cOpus de Life\u201d<\/strong> 22:45 Hall 4 – Baptiste Trotignon<\/a> Trio \u201cJazz from the Left Bank, Paris\u201d<\/strong> Wednesday, February 22, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n 20:00 Hall 3 – Afro-Jazz Orchestra starring Jerry Gonzales<\/a>, Kirk Lightsey and Simo Balilty<\/strong> 20:15 Hall 4 – David El-Malek<\/a> meets the Baptiste Trotignon Trio<\/strong> 22:30 Hall 3 – Omer Avital<\/a> Quintet with Avishai Cohen<\/a>, Omer Klein<\/a> and Jeff Ballard<\/a> \u2013 \u201cAsking No Permission\u201d<\/strong> 22:45 Hall 4 – Kobi Israelite<\/a>\u00a0 and Oren Marshall<\/a> \u201cComposition for iPhone, Accordion and Tuba\u201d<\/strong> Thursday, February 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n 20:00 Hall 3 \u2013 \u201cNew Middle East\u201d<\/strong> 20:15 Hall 4 \u2013 Amit Friedman <\/a>Sextet and String Quartet \u201cSunrise\u201d<\/strong> 22:30 Hall 3 – Wayne Escoffery<\/a> and the \u201cUptown\u201d Quartet<\/strong> 22:45 Hall 4 – Dida<\/strong> Friday February 24, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n 12:30 Hall 3 – Avishai Cohen, Yonatan Avishai and Jeff Ballard<\/strong> 14:30 Hall 4 – Nurit Galron \u201cFrom Jazz to the Present\u201d<\/strong> 14:30 Hall 3 – Dimitar Bodurov<\/a> Trio with the flautist Theodisii Spassov<\/a> \u201cThe Mystery of Bulgarian Soul\u201d<\/strong> 21:00 Hall 3 – Ronnie Cuber<\/a> Septet \u201cThe Hippest Cat\u201d<\/strong> 21:15 Hall 4 \u2013 Dori Ben Zeev and Swing de Gitanes<\/a> \u201cGypsies Stole the Night\u201d<\/strong> 23:30 Hall 3 – \u201cWake Up Africa\u201d Western African Jazz<\/strong> On Friday afternoon everyone is invited to enjoy jazz outdoors in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque Plaza from AndraLaMoussia, playing a Jewish, Balkan, rock, Israeli, jazz amazing mix of music \u201cfrom the streets of Jerusalem.\u201d Ittai Binnun \u2013 wind instruments (ney, clarinet, sax), baglama and vocals; Uriel Sverdin \u2013 drums, cajon; Moshe Nuri \u2013 percussion; Boaz Reinsreiber \u2013 electric guitar; Vitaly Podolsky \u2013 accordion; Victor Ezus \u2013 bass guitar.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot to look forward to! Keep updated on the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival facebook page<\/a>, and web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Tel Aviv Jazz Festival will warm up those late winter nights from February 21 \u2013 24, 2012 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. There\u2019s an array of enticing performances to anticipate from leading international and Israeli musicians, with several special productions unique to the festival.\u00a0 Music will fill the air with free performances every night […]<\/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-17597","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\/17597","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=17597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe venerable jazz vocalist Mary Stallings makes her Israeli premiere at the festival. The 70 year old diva has performed and recorded with jazz greats Dizzie Gillespie, Ben Webster and Wes Montgomery. Returning to the stage after a 20 year hiatus, Stallings released a new album last year \u2013 Dream. Mary Stallings \u2013 vocals; Udolf David \u2013 Piano; Tal Ronen \u2013 double bass; Gasper Bertoncele \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nSpecial festival production: a dialogue between the soprano saxophone and the piano, a musical conversation between two artists who have been playing together for twenty years.\u00a0 Yonatan Avishai hones his sound in a small village in France, in October 2010, Yuval Cohen was awarded the pretigious Landau Prize in jazz. Yuval Cohen \u2013 saxophone; Yonatan Avishai \u2013 piano.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nLiving legend Henry Grimes disappeared mysteriously for 40 years, returning to the stage in 2003. Trained at Julliard, Grimes performed with Anita O’Day, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins when he was in his 20’s. He went on to play on some of the seminal albums of the free-jazz era, by such musicians as Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Pharoah Sanders, before disappearing entirely from the music scene in the 1960s. Grimes is in Israel for the first time! Henry Grimes – double bass; Andrew Lamb \u2013 saxophones; Newman Taylor Baker \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\n38 year old Baptiste Trotignon is a many faceted pianist who has recorded a lot in recent years with American artists such as Mark Turner, Donald Harrison, Archie Shep, Tom Harrel and Jeremy Felt. Baptiste Trotignon \u2013 piano; Matt Penman \u2013 double bass; Dr\u00e9 Pallemaerts \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nAn international allstars ensemble performing a fascinating combination of Latin, jazz, African music and Moroccan Gnawa. Each musician brings an individual sound to the musical fusion a la Dizzie Gillespie, with whom several of these musicians played. Jerry Gonzalez – trumpet & percussion; Itai kric \u2013 flute; Simo Balilty \u2013 guitar; Dodo Balilty – percussion & guitar; Kirk Lightsey \u2013 piano; Omer Avital –\u00a0 double bass; Ami Balilty \u2013 percussion; Sangoma Everett \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nAn Israeli premiere – Modern French jazz meets ancient Jewish traditional music. El-Malek\u2019s music reflects the influence of classical music and Andalusian Jewish music. Born in France, El-Malek grew up in Israel until the age of 9 and began to play sax only at the age of 20. David El-Malek \u2013 saxophone; Baptiste Trotignon \u2013 piano; Matt Penman – double bass; Dr\u00e9 Pallemaerts \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nSpecial festival production. Maestro Omer Avital plays everything from mainstream jazz to Andalusian, Yemenite, free jazz, funk, reggae, Afro-beat, Israeli pop and Middle Eastern music.\u00a0 An incredible ensemble of musicians who have played together for years! Omer Avital – double bass; Avishai Cohen \u2013 trumpet; Omer Klein \u2013 piano; Jeff Ballard \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nCreating provocative and innovative music Koby Israelite and Oren Marshall\u2019s shared experience includes working with John Zorn, Charlie Hayden, Bobbie McFerrin, Madonna, and the London Philharmonic to name a few. Their music is eclectic and touches on many genres: funk, rock, classical, jazz, Balkan, Eastern European and Jewish Piyut. Oren Marshall\u00a0 – acoustic tuba and electric tuba; Koby Israelite\u00a0 – accordion, drums, percussion, iPhone.<\/p>\n
\nA special festival production. A tribute to Mediterranean music with special guest Yehuda Keisar and guest singer Ravid Kahlani. Zohar Argov, Tzlilei Hakerem and other Middle Eastern performers are part of the musical heritage of any jazz musician who grew up in Israel hearing this music, whether or not it has directly influenced their own sound. Omer Klein, Omer Avital, Itamar Duari and Ravid Kahlani will show how Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) music became an inseparable part of their creation and musical experience. Connecting the present with the past, will be special guest guitarist Yehuda Keisar. Omer Klein created new arrangements for the songs. Yehuda Keisar \u2013 guitar; Omer Klein \u2013 piano; Omer Avital \u2013 contrabass; Itamar Duari \u2013 drums; Ravid Kahlani \u2013 vocals.<\/p>\n
\nOriginal Israeli jazz connects to classical music. Saxophonist Amit Friedman launched his debut album Sunrise<\/em> on the Origin Records label (US), his music connects to jazz roots and corresponds with world music. In this performance, a super ensemble of Israeli performers meets with a talented string quartet to explore new terrain together. Amit Friedman \u2013 tenor & soprano saxophone; Amos Hoffman \u2013 oud & guitar; Nitai Hershkovitz \u2013 piano; Gilad Abro \u2013 double bass; Roni Ivrin \u2013 percussion; Ofri Nehemia \u2013 drums; Hen Shenhar \u2013 violin; Avner Kalmer \u2013 violin; Noam Haimovitch Veinshel \u2013 viola; Hila Epstein \u2013 cello.<\/p>\n
\nBritish saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is a prominent presence on the New York jazz scene, performing in the Mingus Big Band and Tom Harrell\u2019s Quintet and Ben Riley\u2019s Monk legacy Septet as well as with his own quartet. Escoffery will perform at the festival with the Organ Quartet with whom he recorded Uptown, including Israeli guitarist Avi Rotbard who composed and arranged some of the songs on the on the album. Wayne Escoffery \u2013 saxophone; Avi Rotbard \u2013 guitar; Pat Bianchini – Hammond B3 Organ; Jason Brown \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nDida Peled, a member of the young generation of Israelis in New York, released her debut album this year on the prestigious Italian label Red. Working together with bass player Tal Ronen, the two have a repertoire that spans standards and popular classics, blues, Israeli songs, Rock \u2018N Roll, and have recently began writing their own materials with an American folk influence. Dida will host special guest Shlomi Shaban. Dida Peled \u2013 electric guitar; Tal Ronen \u2013 contrabass; Aviv Cohen \u2013 drums; Shlomi Shaban \u2013 vocals.<\/p>\n
\nLeading jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen, a member of the SF Jazz Collective and Cohens3 with his brother Yuval and sister Anat, will be joined by Yonatan Avishai and Jeff Ballard (Brad Mehldau Trio) for an evening of originals and covers. Cohen and Avishai have been playing together for over 20 years, together they are 2\/3 of Third World Love.\u00a0 Avishai Cohen \u2013 trumpet; Yonatan Avishai \u2013 piano; Jeff Ballard \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nNurit Galron released her debut album to great acclaim in 1977 and has performed in every musical genre from pop to classical music, and now returns to jazz with a trio, musically directed by Guy Weingarten. Nurit Galron \u2013 vocals; Ofer Peled \u2013 wind instruments; Guy Weingarten \u2013 piano & keyboards; Adam Ben Ezra \u2013 double bass; Tal Cohen \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n
\nAn Israeli premiere. Bulgarian folk music in jazz adaptation with Bulgaria\u2019s famous kaval player. Dimiter Bodurov \u2013 piano; Theodissi Spassov \u2013 Kaval; Jens Duppe \u2013 drums; Mihail Ivanov \u2013 double bass.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSpecial festival production. Baritone saxophone legend Ronnie Cuber plays the immortal music of Horace Silver in an Israeli premiere. Cuber has enjoyed a versatile 53 year career as jazz leader and accompanist (George Benson, Eddie Palmieri, Steve Gad and the Gaddabouts), and has played with pop and rock musicians Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and Frank Zappa. Cuber studied for many years with pianist and composer Horace Silver, with whom he also recorded, and refers to as \u201cmy mentor.\u201d This world premiere performance dedicated to Horace Silver brings together an Israeli all-stars ensemble. Ronnie Cuber \u2013 saxophone and baritone; Assaf Hakimi \u2013 double bass; Avi Leibovitz \u2013 trombone; Niv Toar \u2013 trumpet; Yonatan Grinstein \u2013 saxophone; Shai Zeldman \u2013 drums; Ronen Shmueli \u2013 piano; Roberta Arnold \u2013 Ronnie Cuber\u2019s manager and producer.<\/p>\n
\nGypsy jazz meets Dori Ben Zeev\u2019s favorite songs in a festival premiere. Dori Ben Zeev is jazz \u2013 on the radio, as a broadcaster, moderator, on television, as an actor and singer. They\u2019ll be performing his hits – Leah, Ganavim (thieves), Lemon Tree, Sof Shavua BaKfar (a weekend in the country), and new arrangements to jazz hits, as well as originals from Swing de Gitanes. Dori Ben Zeev \u2013 vocals and host; Yaakov Hoter \u2013 gypsy guitar; Uri Ben Zvi \u2013 gypsy guitar; Oren Sagi \u2013 double bass.<\/p>\n
\nSpecial Festival production. An 8 person ensemble playing traditional African rhythms roots groove with a jazz feel. Israeli\/American musician Oren Etkin released his album Kelania in 2009 connecting music from Mali with Jewish music and modern jazz. Etkin will be joined by Bala Koita and Black Guru<\/a>. Koita plays the balafon, a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone. Oren Etkin \u2013 clarinet, saxophone; Bala Koita \u2013 Balafon; Ben Elon \u2013 African drums: Mali, Senegal; Yair Hashachar \u2013 guitar; Itamar Shatz \u2013 tenor saxophone; Yehonatan Cohen \u2013 soprano saxophone; Ian Ayalon \u2013 guitar; Guy Levy \u2013 double bass, electric bass & vocals.<\/p>\n