Ilan Salem & Kenny Werner - Twists & Turns

Styles: Flute And Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:51
Size: 137,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:10)  1. Floating
(6:02)  2. Naivete
(4:29)  3. Hurly-burly
(7:16)  4. Sway
(8:53)  5. Twists and turns
(5:23)  6. Song for anna
(7:18)  7. Heart and soul
(7:14)  8. Longing
(6:01)  9. Bliss

Ilan Salem is an Israeli jazz flautist. His latest solo album, Twists and Turns, was recorded in 2005 and released in 2006 under the Ilan Salem & Eyla label. He graduated from Thelma Yellin, which is one of Israel's most important schools for art. After graduating from Thelma, he went to to the Berklee College of Music, out of which he graduated aswell.

Personnel: Ilan Salem on flute and alto flute;  Kenny Werner on piano;  Eitan Itzcovich on drums;  Johannes Weidenmueller on bass.

Twists & Turns

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Ilan Salem - Wild

Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:19
Size: 117,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:58)  1. Wild East
(6:18)  2. Ballad of a Stream and the Sea
(4:39)  3. Bad Boy
(3:44)  4. Zameru
(6:03)  5. Neula
(4:31)  6. Blessing
(3:29)  7. Le Troubadour
(3:53)  8. Going Wild
(4:25)  9. Song for Anna
(3:36) 10. Anna Boei
(5:39) 11. Ann's Tune

llan Salem, Israel’s best known and most influential flute player releases his third album Wild (Razdaz Recordz, RD4611). A journey through old and new collected from Israel’s musical heritage and his own modern ideas as a composer. Salem’s playing showcases his ability to give the flute a strong and unrestrained voice that leads the other instruments to flow. Born and raised in Israel, Salem began playing the flute at the age of 11, and discovered jazz during his studies at the prestigious Thelma Yellin School of Arts. He continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston USA, and started to perform and tour with groups in the U.S. and Europe. Ilan returned to Israel and has not only become the flute player in Israeli jazz, but a dedicated and talented educator as well. He currently heads the Jazz department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and founded the Jazz department at the Tel Aviv School for the Arts. Ilan composed and recorded his first album – Songs from the Big City (NMC, 2002) followed by Twists and Turns (Jazz 972, 2005) with Kenny Werner. Ilan Salem is also the 2011 recipient of the Israel Prime Minister’s Composer’s Prize for Jazz. Salem is accompanied on Wild by Amos Hoffman on oud and guitar, Gilad Abro on contrabass, Nitay Hershkovits on piano and Amir Bresler on drums. Bassist and composer, Avishai Cohen who is also the creator of the label Razdaz Recordz, contributes vocals and contrabass on Anna Boei and his own composition, Ann’s Tune. Percussionists Ilan Katcha and Itamar Doari, along with pianist Shai Maestro make unique guest appearances. https://razdazrecordz.com/ilan-salem/

Personnel:  Alto Flute, Flute – Ilan Salem;  Contrabass – Avishai Cohen, Gilad Abro;  Drums – Amir Bresler;  Electric Piano – Shai Maestro;  Guitar, Oud – Amos Hoffman;  Percussion – Ilan Katchka;  Piano – Nitay Hershkovits;  Piano, Vocals – Avishai Cohen;  Tambourine – Itamar Doari 

Wild

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