专辑简介

Assif Tsahar专辑介绍：by Thom JurekShekhina should have been subtitled "Four Compositions of the New Jazz," as a nod to Braxton, because in many ways that's where Tsahar is coming from. Like Braxton he has every interest -- or so it seems by his playing -- in remaining close to the jazz lineage without being imprisoned by it. His wild, frenetic lyricism recalls AB, but it also recalls Jackie McLean and Cannonball Adderley. His polytonal experiments can come right from Coltrane but just as easily be extrapolated from Rahsaan Roland Kirk. But basically Tsahar is making all of these elemental ingredients his own. With his wife and good mate in the rhythm section, he has it both easier and harder than most. Given that Susie Ibarra and William Parker are intuitively familiar with each other's playing as a result of their collaboration on both Matthew Shipp's and David S. Ware's bands, they can drive a horn player to the edges of his own sanity. And make no mistake, the four pieces here are all blowin' sessions. Ideas get tossed around like baseballs and are woven into the architectural fabric of the improvisation or are rejected out of hand. It's a take no prisoners approach, but one that suits this band particularly well. While there are no standout works on Shekhina, there are no dead dogs either. It's as solid as Parker's stand-up bass. This is muscular music, no room for hesitation or airiness; all spaces are filed, ribboned, and adorned with sound. And while it's likely you won't play any other records after this one, you will be glad you did.