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The Livnat brothers' third disc. The recording was done in the BLUE
NOTE club in Poland, as part of their concert tour in Poland in
May, 2000.
Jewish folk-songs combined with jazz.
Musical production - The Livnat brothers / Associate producer -
'Adama Music'
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1. Zol
Zayn (Papernikov) 
2. Nigun of the Ba'al Shemtov (traditional)
3. Close Your Eyes (David
Beigelman)
4. Blues 69 (Aviv Livnat)
5. Malachey Hasharet (traditional)
6. Golden Peacock (traditional)
7. Oyfn Pripetchik (M. Varshavsky)
8. Polish (Yiddish) Brigade (traditional)
Performed by:
Aviv Livnat - Guitars, vocals
Arik Livnat - Wind instruments, vocals
Excerpts
from Reviews:
"There is a kind of music that, when it is playing, you
don't have to put on a kipah to feel that it links you up to
something big and deep within you. Whereas the Mizrahi musician
links easily and complex-free to his cultural origins and to
the mystical poetry and rhythm of his parental home, Ashkenazi
musicians tend to ignore their roots - their cultural fathers
are Jimmy Hendrix and Bob Dylan, or Charlie Parker and Stevie
Wonder. 'Jewish music' in their case is anachronistic, smacking
of the Galut. But it can also be done differently - by combining
the two.
The Livnat brothers visited the jazz clubs of Poland in order
to discover their origins; they did this in their language -
jazz.... Their orientation is pure jazz. For instance, the discourse
between the saxophone, the guitar and the voice winds towards
the not obviously sentimental in 'Zol Zayn,' a piece with outstandingly
mature fusion. Jazz alone would not have brought out in Arik
such soulful expressiveness. Aviv Livnat is wonderful in the
impromptu dialogue between guitar and voice. In general, the
two brothers are very versatile musicians who have mastered
different styles."
Yossi Harsonsky (Maariv)
"A fascinating combination of contemporary jazz and traditional
Jewish music and folk-songs. 'Each ascent from low to high is
only by cantillation' is a saying that comes from Kabbalist
traditions. On their way up, however, the Livnat brothers also
journey through improvisations and jazz. Arik's jazz saxophone,
with which he has appeared together with Stevie Wonder, integrates
precisely and movingly with his brother Aviv's guitar and singing.
This record is a must!"
Baruch Yehuda (Makor Rishon) |
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