29.10.2003, 20.00
Stockwerk, Graz

Trio Tsahar-Maneri-Black

In Kooperation mit

Assif Tsahar - tenor saxophon
Mat Maneri – 5-string-electric-viola
Jim Black - percussion

A Trio of „one of the great new talents in New York" (Time Out New York)

Der gerade erst 33jährige Assif Tsahar hat bereits mit verschiedenen Jazz- und Improvisationsgrößen seine Trio- und Quartettformationen gebildet: William Parker & Susie Ibarra (1995-2000), Rashied Ali, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh, John Tcikai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler - und in Formationen von Cecil Taylor und Butch Morris sowie im Duett mit dem Schlagzeugjungstar Susie Ibarra gespielt. Sein Engagement in der Improvisationsszene führte dazu, dass er mit Patricia Parker das "Vision Festival" gründete, 1999 auch das non-for-profit-record-label "Hopscotch Records". Erstmals in Europa wird Tsahar nunmehr mit zwei weiteren inzwischen ebenso arrivierten Risingstars aus den USA zu hören sein: Mat Maneri Partner von Tim Berne, Marc Dresser bis Paul Bley u. a. m., founding member des Jeo Maneri und Joe Morris Quartet ... - und Jim Black - mastermind u. a. des Quartetts AlasNoAxis, und seinerseits Partner von Ellery Eskelin, Dave Douglas, Uri Cane, Laurie Anderson ... Let´s JAM!

Zu Assif Tsahar:
Assif Tsahar was born in Israel on June 11 1969 and grew up in Tel-Aviv. He started playing guitar at age 14 and at 17 switched to saxophone. 12 years later he picked up the bass clarinet and added it to his musical studies. In 1990 at age 21, in pursuit of music, he came to New York and made it his home. Here in New York Assif has had the chance to play and record with a lot of the musicians who were the reason for him making New York his home. Also as part of his involvement in the improvise music scene He has founded and co-produced with Patricia Parker the Vision Festival. In the past few years he has produced independently over 50 shows of some of the best improvisors in New York of which three records where produced. In 1999 Assif Started Hopscotch records a non for profit record label where the artist produce themselves and are in complete control of the all artistic decisions. Beside his own formations (for example his Trio with Hamid Drake and Peter Kowald, the Assif Tsahar's Brass Reeds or Assif Tsahar's Zoanthropic Orchestra) Tsahar also played in Cecil Taylor's Orchestra, Butch Morris' Conduction, William Parker's Little Huey Orchestra and, as an added member, In Order to Survive, as well as in a trio with Jim Black and Mat Maneri and duet with Susie Ibarra.
"...Saxophonist Assif Tsahar is one of the most dynamic young players in jazz ... ...this is a galvanizing listen from start to finish" (CMJ magazine)