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Reflecting on Freedom

Alon Farber Hagiga

Reflecting on Freedom

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Records
UPC: 0805558282928
Catnr: ORIGIN 82829
Release date: 08 October 2021
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Origin Records
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0805558282928
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ORIGIN 82829
Release date
08 October 2021

"Reflecting on Freedom is the fourth album by saxophonist Alon Farber‘s band Hagiga, founded in 2001. The group takes the freedom to play what they feel like, which radiates fun and craftsmanship!"

Music Frames, 17-12-2021
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Now entering its third decade as an ensemble, Hagiga's founder, saxophonist Alon Farber looked to Eddie Harris's "Freedom Jazz Dance" as inspiration and a theme for their 4th recording, Reflecting on Freedom. Hagiga revels in the diversity of musical flavors and colors that make up the “Israeli soundtrack.” With an exciting three horn frontline - reminiscent of some Dave Douglas or Booker Little ensembles - they draw liberally from Swing, Moroccan, Funk and Brazilian musics in creating their wide-ranging, highly personal sound. Farber's bold compositions reflect his years at the forefront of Israel's jazz scene - including co-founding the Israeli Jazz Orchestra & receiving the Prime Minister's Award for Jazz Composers - and his time in America while studying at Berklee, where he won the Wayne Shorter Award for Composers. "Hagiga has been at the forefront of the miraculous envelope-pushing curve of Israeli jazz for some years now." - Barry Davis
Der Saxophonist Alon Farber, der Gründer von Hagiga, hat sich von Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance" inspirieren lassen und ihn als Thema für seine vierte Aufnahme Reflecting on Freedom gewählt. Hagiga schwelgt in der Vielfalt der musikalischen Aromen und Farben, die den "israelischen Soundtrack" ausmachen. Mit einer aufregenden Drei-Horn-Frontlinie - die an einige Dave Douglas- oder Booker Little-Ensembles erinnert - schöpfen sie großzügig aus Swing, marokkanischer, Funk- und brasilianischer Musik, um ihren weitreichenden, sehr persönlichen Sound zu kreieren. Farbers kühne Kompositionen spiegeln seine Jahre an der Spitze der israelischen Jazzszene wider - unter anderem war er Mitbegründer des Israeli Jazz Orchestra und erhielt den Preis des Premierministers für Jazzkomponisten - sowie seine Zeit in Amerika während seines Studiums in Berklee, wo er den Wayne Shorter Award für Komponisten gewann. "Hagiga steht seit einigen Jahren an der Spitze der wundersamen Entwicklung des israelischen Jazz." - Barry Davis

Artist(s)

Alon Farber (saxophone)

Alon Farber, the band leader, studied Jazz composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston, and is a recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Award for Jazz Composers (2016) and the Wayne Shorter Award for Composers (1998). He is one of the founders of the Israeli Jazz Orchestra in which he plays lead saxophone, and also serves as associate arranger and composer.
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Alon Farber, the band leader, studied Jazz composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston, and is a recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Award for Jazz Composers (2016) and the Wayne Shorter Award for Composers (1998). He is one of the founders of the Israeli Jazz Orchestra in which he plays lead saxophone, and also serves as associate arranger and composer.

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Alon Farber (saxophone)

Alon Farber, the band leader, studied Jazz composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston, and is a recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Award for Jazz Composers (2016) and the Wayne Shorter Award for Composers (1998). He is one of the founders of the Israeli Jazz Orchestra in which he plays lead saxophone, and also serves as associate arranger and composer.
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Alon Farber, the band leader, studied Jazz composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston, and is a recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Award for Jazz Composers (2016) and the Wayne Shorter Award for Composers (1998). He is one of the founders of the Israeli Jazz Orchestra in which he plays lead saxophone, and also serves as associate arranger and composer.

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Reflecting on Freedom is the fourth album by saxophonist Alon Farber‘s band Hagiga, founded in 2001. The group takes the freedom to play what they feel like, which radiates fun and craftsmanship!
Music Frames, 17-12-2021

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