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  • Photo credit: Asaf Matarasso , Graphics: Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson

    Each organ in the human body serves its own vital role, on its own indispensable to the functioning of the whole; but life only truly becomes miraculous when all of these components work together. On Living Organs, saxophonist/composer Shauli Einav debuts a new quartet that operates on the same synergistic principle. The album conjures a scintillatingly original sound from the chemistry of four distinctive individuals.

    In this band, each part is a vital one and has a very unique individual role,” Einav says. “I feel like we're four soloists playing together, and because of that I’m being fed ideas more than ever before.

    Beyond its more metaphorical meaning, Living Organs is a play on the concept of the jazz organ group, hinting at the fact that this is a more modern, evolving take on the form. The album represents a turn towards a more electric, groove-based approach for Einav, whose past releases have mined a more acoustic, swing-rooted vein. The eclectic and propulsive sound acknowledges that his love of jazz grew not in a vacuum, but amid an equal zeal for contemporary rock and pop music.

    I got my first Charlie Parker album when I was ten, but even before that I used to listen to a lot of Jamiroquai, Queen and David Bowie,” the saxophonist recalls. “My older brother and sister would bring home cassettes by Bodycount, Iron Maiden, Duran Duran or Tracy Chapman. The things that you hear at the age of eight or nine stick with you, so for this album I just wrote music that I wanted to hear. The most important thing for me is always to be honest to myself.

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  • Chaque organe du corps humain remplit son propre rôle vital, indispensable à lui seul au fonctionnement de l'ensemble ; mais la vie ne devient vraiment miraculeuse que lorsque tous ces composants fonctionnent ensemble. Sur Living Organs, le saxophoniste/compositeur Shauli Einav lance un nouveau quartet qui fonctionne sur le même principe synergique. L'album évoque un son scintillant original de la chimie de quatre individus distincts.

    "Dans ce groupe, chaque partie est vitale et a un rôle individuel très unique", explique Einav. "J'ai l'impression que nous sommes quatre solistes jouant ensemble, et à cause de cela, je reçois des idées plus que jamais."

    Au-delà de son sens plus métaphorique, Living Organs est une pièce de théâtre sur le concept de groupe d'orgues de jazz, faisant allusion au fait qu'il s'agit d'une forme plus moderne et évolutive. L'album représente un virage vers une approche plus électrique et basée sur le groove pour Einav, dont les versions précédentes ont exploité une veine plus acoustique et plus swing. Le son éclectique et propulsif reconnaît que son amour du jazz n'a pas grandi dans le vide, mais au milieu d'un zèle égal pour la musique rock et pop contemporaine.

    "J'ai eu mon premier album de Charlie Parker quand j'avais dix ans, mais même avant cela, j'écoutais beaucoup de Jamiroquai, Queen et David Bowie", se souvient le saxophoniste. « Mon frère et ma sœur aînés ramenaient à la maison des cassettes de Bodycount, Iron Maiden, Duran Duran ou Tracy Chapman. Les choses que vous entendez à l'âge de huit ou neuf ans restent avec vous, alors pour cet album, j'ai juste écrit la musique que je voulais entendre. La chose la plus importante pour moi est de toujours être honnête avec moi-même.

“Shauli has put together a very interesting recording [It’s] challenging but accessible, [and] performed by a wonderful band of young and talented artists.”
- NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman

SHAULI EINAV QUARTET : ABOUT

Shauli Einav

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Hailed by JazzTimes for his “agility and clean, clarion, powerful sound,” saxophonist and composer Shauli Einav is a wide-ranging musician whose artistry is rooted in a search for truth. That philosophy has guided him throughout a venturesome career, including collaborations with such leading jazz figures as Aaron Goldberg, David Liebman, Gilad Hekselman, Avishai Cohen, Johnathan Blake, Shai Maestro, and Tigran Hamasyan, among others. As noted by All About Jazz, “Shauli Einav is a remarkably complete musician, a virtuosic soloist with a lush sound on both soprano and tenor whose compositions are daring and deep.” Those facets, propelled by his deep-seeded quest to expression an ever-evolving personal truth through, combine to make Einav one of the most compelling and searching saxophonists in jazz today.

Eran Har Even

Guitars

Eran Har Even is an Edison-nominated Israeli guitarist, composer, and music educator residing in Amsterdam. In 2012 Eran completed both his Bachelors's and Masters's degrees at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He is one of the most active figures in the Dutch jazz scene, recording and performing with some of the finest jazz musicians on the local and international circuits. These include prominent musicians such as Benny Golson, Terell Staford, David Friedman, Harmen Fraanje, to name a few. For a decade Eran has been a faculty member of the Conservatory of Amsterdam - teaching ear training, theory, guitar, and coaching ensembles - training the next generation of aspiring Jazz and Pop musicians.

Paul Wiltgen

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Luxembourgish drummer Paul Wiltgen is internationally recognized as an accomplished jazz percussionist and a forward-thinking composer. His most recent appearance on Whirlwind sees him team up with Michael Janisch, Kristjan Randalu, and leader Patrick Cornelius for Acadia: Way of the Cairns, an album that explores music inspired by Acadia National Park in Maine. After rising to the top of the Benelux jazz scene, Wiltgen moved to New York and the Manhattan School of Music in 2001. Since then, he has appeared with musicians including Joshua Redman, David Binney, Miles Okazaki, Linda Oh, Ambrose Akinmusire, Will Vinson, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lage Lund, Mike Moreno, Franz von Chossy, Tim Collins, Cedric Hanriot, and Pablo Held. 

Laurent Coulondre

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Laurent Coulondre, a young pianist from Vauvert, France. He won a Victoire du Jazz award in 2016 and, just recently, the award for "French Record of the Year" from the Académie du Jazz for Michel on My Mind. Moreover, Jazz Magazine named him "French Musician of the Year” and featured him on their February 2020 cover. In a duet or a trio, as leader or sideman, alongside other great musicians, a French jazz star is on the rise!

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Animi / Berthold Records 2019

Beam Me Up / Berthold Records 2016

Generations / Positone Records 2013

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    Album photo credit: Assaf Matarasso / Graphics Director: Guillaume Saix Webmyart/ All rights reserved to Shauli Einav & Outside In Music, Europe 2023

     

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