LIVE BOX SPECIAL - Gilad Atzmon

Nu Century Arts and The Drum present a Live Box Special
 
Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble
 
Jazz
 
Gilad Atzmon was born in Israel in 1963 and had his musical training at
the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz). As a
multi-instrumentalist he plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxes,
Clarinet and Flutes. His album Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in
2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the
"hardest-gigging man in British jazz". His albums, of which he has
recorded
nine to date, often explore political themes and the music of the Middle
East.
 
Coming to the UK in 1994, Atzmon recovered a childhood interest in playing
the music of the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe that had
been
in the back of his mind for years. In 2000 he founded the Orient House
Ensemble in London and started re-defining his own roots in the light of
his emerging political awareness. Since then the Orient House Ensemble has
toured all over the world. The Ensemble includes Eddie Hick on Drums,
Yaron
Stavi on Bass and Frank Harrison on piano & electronics.
 
The autumn 2010 tour is Gilad's biggest yet - don't miss this chance to
see his most fluent band's renditions of music from throughout the
different periods of his career!
 
A prolific writer, Atzmon's essays are widely published. His novels 'Guide
to the perplexed' and 'My One And Only Love' have been translated into 24
languages.
 
"Atzmon's fluid lyricism is in full flow on songbook classics and worldly
originals. But as sweet romance morphs to modernist uncertainty, the
bittersweet balance and rich emotional palette equally impress." 
Financial
Times ***** 
 
"Gilad Atzmon, the expat Israeli saxophonist/clarinetist, combines
thrilling jazz musicianship with a maverick political intelligence"  The
Guardian ****