Ladino

Exaltation is the third recording in a trilogy by singer Yaniv d’Or with Ensemble NAYA. It follows Liquefacta est released in 2013, which contained settings of the Song of Solomon, and Latino Ladino in 2015 (8.573566), which focused on music of the Sephardic diaspora after the 1492 expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain. Exaltation is an essentially joyful album celebrating the spirit that binds the wandering communities, the gods they worship and the hopes they share for loving co-existence.

Avishai Cohen - 1970 (2017) {Sony Music ‎88985462022 - Complete Artwork}
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Jazz / Folk Jazz / Jewish Music / Adult Contemporary / Bass

Having come to prominence playing with legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea in the '90s, Israeli-born bassist Avishai Cohen has developed into a virtuoso performer and bandleader with a stylistically expansive sound. His aptly titled 2017 studio album, 1970, showcases this broad approach with a set of original compositions and traditional songs that harken back to the socially minded folk, pop and world fusion of his birth year. In many ways, 1970 is the amalgamation of several key influences that have shaped Cohen's creative life, including the Jewish folk music, pop, and Sephardic Ladino songs his mother played for him while he was growing up.

It is difficult to briefly describe what I have experienced since devoting myself last March to working on the new album that was recorded entirely in parallel with the Corona plague. The first few minutes I sat in front of the computer screen in my small studio in Istanbul, I did not really know how to approach it during this shaky period. Some time after the production of the first piece, Heal, I felt that maybe I could write more music and complete an entire album.