Assif Tsahar

Cross-genre trio Digital Primitives returns to Israel for a three-date tour, from February 5 to February 10. The band, which includes Israeli…

On May 8 a landmark event will take place at the Third Ear – Jazz BaOzen establishment on Tel Aviv’s King George Street. The jazz mini-marathon marks…

Contrary to the generally held view - especially at the western end of Highway 1 - there is jazz in our capital city, and of the best kind. "I don't…

Digital Primitives may sound like a somewhat quirky name for a band - even for a jazz-oriented combo - but, considering the musical output, the…

It can't be an easy life where you set your stall so far from the mainstream track. But 64-year-old British saxophonist Evan Parker, who plays this…

It's no secret that striking differences between the northern and southern ends of Tel Aviv exist. Despite the development of certain southern…

The jazz scene here is growing in leaps and bounds. There are now half a dozen regular annual festivals around the country, with the second…

Cooper Moore is something of an artistic, musical dichotomy. While the 61-year-old American multi-instrumentalist clearly pertains to the more…

They say artists are generally a sensitive bunch - at least the genuine ones. If sensitivity is anything to go by, then Hamid Drake is the real…

After more than a decade and a half abroad, Assif Tsahar is perhaps better positioned than any other Israeli jazz performer to make a clear-eyed…