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ELI MAGEN ~ UNDERGROUND MAN (SOUNDTRACK) NOT ON LABEL ~ ISRAEL ~ Jazz Recorded: 2010 Released: 2010 Veteran Israeli Jazz bassist / composer Eli MagenFind albums by this artist started his musical career as the founding member of the Rock group ApocalypseFind albums by this artist in the early 1970s. Later on he studied classical music and became a member of the Israeli Philharmonic and in parallel became "Mr. Bass" of the Israeli Jazz scene. This album presents the music Magen composed and arranged for the soundtrack of a movie, recorded by a quintet comprising of other veteran Israeli Jazz musicians: trumpeter Yigal MelzerFind albums by this artist, saxophonist Peter VerthaimerFind albums by this artist, pianist Adi RenertFind albums by this artist and drummer Guy Ben BarakFind albums by this artist. The music is mostly contemporary mainstream Jazz, performed flawlessly and with many splendid solo spots. Magen sings along with his bow solos, which is pretty unusual and the rest of his routine is brilliant, as always. It´s always great to have a recording by Magen, as he definitely recorded much less that he should have, in retrospect. Same goes for Verthaimer, who is one of the greatest reed players in Israel, but unfortunately with no recorded output to back up his reputation. A must for Israeli Jazz connoisseurs!

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