{"id":19990,"date":"2012-06-21T01:20:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T08:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19990"},"modified":"2012-06-24T08:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T15:40:59","slug":"gilad-chatsav-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19990","title":{"rendered":"Gilad Chatsav Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gilad Chatsav Trio at the Dancing Camel\/Photo: Che<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Somewhere in the greyer area of Tel Aviv, there is a street. On that small, disregarded street, there is a bar. Within that modest bar, at least on every Tuesday night, there is jazz. Good, solid, classic jazz. The kind of jazz that reminds you why you fell in love with that first track of Miles Davis\u2019s \u2018Kind of Blue\u2019 to begin with; the kind that immediately reverts you to the nostalgia of the genre that, against all odds of modern music, has retained its class and sophistication.<\/p>\n

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Gilad Chatsav\/Photo: Che<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night, pianist and composer Gilad Chatsav and his ensemble played from their hearts to an intimate and dedicated audience of foot-tappers and head-nodders. The cozy atmosphere, coupled with the repose of Chatsav\u2019s beautifully executed tributes to jazz\u2019s most revered artists, made the evening an unprecedented success.<\/p>\n

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Jonathan Greenstein (sax) and Donovan Bullen (bass)\/Photo: Che<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joined by guest tenor saxophonist Jonathan Greenstein, the ensemble opened with a quintessential Davis favourite, allowing the tempo to soak in before breaking out of the mold and into an elegant improvisation \u2013 a classic amalgamation of the age-old and the insightfully original. The trio\u2019s striking fluidity, musical chemistry and discernable serenity transcended into our small audience.<\/p>\n

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Xenia Course\/Photo: Che<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Concluding the evening with two Ella Fitzgerald cover songs by guest singer Xenia Course, the ensemble demonstrated a performance of experience, aptitude, and insistence on the undeniable debonair of jazz.<\/p>\n

The first time I attended the trio\u2019s performance at the Dancing Camel, I remember commenting on what a shame it was that the bar (also a brewery) was in such an uninviting location. Yet last night Gilad said something whimsical that I felt perfectly characterized both his musical conscientiousness and the genre itself: \u201cJazz is sort of about being the outsider, of staying away from the spotlight of mainstream culture. It continues to exist because of those who truly, truly, love it.\u201d To love the music is to succumb to it, and if that means dragging myself out to the Dancing Camel every Tuesday night, I\u2019m there.<\/p>\n

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Avi Barak\/Photo: Che<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chatsav\u2019s trio is composed of Donovan Bullen on the contrabass and Avi Barak on the drums. They play every Tuesday night at 21:30 at the Dancing Camel, Hataasiya 12, Tel Aviv. For more information about concerts, visit www.giladmusic.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somewhere in the greyer area of Tel Aviv, there is a street. On that small, disregarded street, there is a bar. Within that modest bar, at least on every Tuesday night, there is jazz. Good, solid, classic jazz. The kind of jazz that reminds you why you fell in love with that first track of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19990","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\/19990","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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}