Category Archives: jazz

An Evening with the Brubecks

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

I spent last night an evening with the Brubecks. The host was the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the art film festival Epos now at its third edition. Unfortunately I knew too little about the event in the past … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Jesse Davis and Victor Lewis in Tel Aviv

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin

The 4th concert of the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art played on much more traditional ground than the previous concerts, bringing on stage a couple of well known and experienced American instrumentalists – saxophonist Jesse … Continue reading →

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Don Cherry and his Pocket Trumpet

Posted on January 1, 2012 by admin

The first jazz musician I am writing about in 2012 is Don Cherry. Mezzo TV showed in the last few weeks a video of him made in Paris in the 70s and a recorded concert from 1991, drawing my attention … Continue reading →

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Simone Kopmajer in Tel Aviv

Posted on December 17, 2011 by admin

The value of a cycle like the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is measured also in discovering and revealing to audiences less explored territories on the jazz planet. Austria is certainly a place appreciated for … Continue reading →

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Sanda Weigl in Tel Aviv

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin

How comes it that I did not know at least her name before? Sanda Weigl is a superb musician, with a deep and moving voice, whose art has its roots in the Gypsy and Romanian traditional music which she processed … Continue reading →

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Johnny Raducanu (1931 – 2011)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Johny Raducanu was one of the best jazz-men of Romania, maybe the best ever. He was a complex artist, descendent of a dinasty of musicians, he played the piano and the bass, he taught and inspired for decades many generations … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Ramon Valle and Denise Jannah in Tel Aviv

Posted on September 10, 2011 by admin

The new season of the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art started started this year earlier than usual. A new and better Web site, a Facebook group and video presentations by the series organizer Ziv Ben … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Ceumar in Tel Aviv

Posted on July 9, 2011 by admin

I hesitated on the title of this note about the concert last night, the last of the season in the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, a season about I already wrote that it was one … Continue reading →

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CD: Florin Niculescu – ‘Django Tunes’

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

I discovered Florin Niculescu and his music when ARTE TV broadcast a series of concerts and documentaries dedicated to the centennial of Django Reinhardt.  As Stephane Grappelli was Django’s partner, violin played an important role in Django’s music. As Django … Continue reading →

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David Reinhardt at ‘Sunset’ in Paris

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

The heroes in Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris about which I wrote about a few days ago dream to a ‘golden age’ of their own in the past which they idealize and would like to live in rather then … Continue reading →

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