Gilad Atzmon
Innocents abroad in York ! As part of the late music festival the National Centre for Early Music put on Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble - a jazz gig. And jazz it was - sax, keyboard, bass, drums - melodic, driving, moving to contemporary blasts of noise. What I didn’t know, and should have picked up from Gilad’s insistence that he wasn’t going to make any political remarks, was that he is a prominent anti-Zionist - jazz musician first, he says - but novelist and polemicist too. Good to have him here - pity I hadn’t done my homework so I could appreciate him in the round. Music impressive - but concert stuff - not sure how it would go down in the living room.
June 26th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Hi John. I didn’t even know this was on, or I would have been there. We saw Atzmon in Leeds last year, and a stunning evening that was, too. My review is at http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/tango-siempre-with-gilad-atzmon/
June 26th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
If I’d known about this I would have been there. It’s always a pity to miss him. We saw Atzmon in Leeds last year, and it was a memorable gig. My review is at:
http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/tango-siempre-with-gilad-atzmon/