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  | EHRAN ELISHA / HAROLD RUBIN / HAIM ELISHA ~ EAST OF JAFFA
OUTNOW 006 (Barcode: 7290011216009) ~ ISRAEL ~ Jazz
Recorded: 2011 Released: 2011
This brilliant album is a document of a completely improvised recording session involving three great musicians: drummer / composer Ehran ElishaFind albums by this artist, legendary clarinetist / composer Harold RubinFind albums by this artist and Ehran´s father pianist Haim ElishaFind albums by this artist. The music consists of a series of trio and duo spontaneous improvisations, with Rubin and his clarinet strongly in the limelight as the most dazzling musical personality in the room. After all Rubin is almost singlehandedly responsible for the existence of the Israeli Free Jazz / Improvised Music scene and his genius is unparalleled on the worldwide scale. This is a superb example of such music at its best, which is characterized by the overall feeling that the music was carefully arranged and rehearsed before the recording, where in fact if wasn´t at all. Rubin leads the way by suggesting his charming melody lines, which are then masterly supported by Ehran´s sensitive drumming and Haim´s delicate piano phrases. His ability to weave these incredible melodies out of thin air, which are full of the sadness and joy of Jewish spiritual music, Middle Eastern twists and turns and Rubin´s own inventions is always absolutely stunning, even for someone like myself, who has experienced it firsthand for almost thirty years now. The fact that Rubin is not widely known as one of the greatest Jazz musicians that ever walked on this planet is an absolute crime of ignorance. This album might as well serve as a textbook example of what Free Jazz / Improvised Music is all about: individual genius, the ability to combine individuality into group unity, telepathic exchange of ideas on the fly, mutual respect and empathy and a bit of divine intervention, which makes it all happen at a certain place at a certain time. We mere mortals should be only grateful that the music was captured for posterity, for us to enjoy. An absolute must!
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