Ohad Talmor - Back to the Land (CD)

Saxophonist Ohad Talmor, an expressive improviser and superb stylist, is a worldly cosmopolitan with nationalities in France, Switzerland, Israel and the United States. Born in Lyon and raised in Geneva, he came to New York in 1995 to study music. Since then, he has been a "mover and shaker" in the creative Brooklyn jazz scene. This project focuses on previously unreleased compositions by Ornette Coleman. Ohad Talmor reports that as a companion, friend and heir to the artistic legacy, he found three tapes from an Ornette Coleman and Lee Konitz rehearsal recording in the apartment of Lee Konitz, who died in 2020. Talmor transcribed the compositions. The result is Back to the Land, a double album Talmor recorded with his core trio of bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Eric McPherson, as well as various high-profile guest musicians. Newly discovered compositions by a jazz great, transformed into another artist's personal story - it's hard to capture the essence of jazz any better.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Seeds (Based on An Untitled Draft By Ornette Coleman)
2. Trio Variations on Tune 11
3. Accords - Quintet Variations on Tune 12
4. Kathlyn Grey
5. Dewey's Tune
6. Trio Variations on Tune 6
7. Quartet Variations on Tune 8
8. Trio Variations (Fast) on Tune 7
9. New York
10. Mushi Mushi

Disc: 2

1. Accords for Two
2. Trio Variations on Tune 1
3. Three Septet Variations on Tune 1
4. Accords for Five
5. Trio Variations on Tune 2
6. Electric Sunglasses
7. Back to the Land
8. Quartet Variations on Tune 4 - Peace Warriors
9. Four Sextet Variations on Tune 4
10. Accords for Four
11. Astonishment
12. Quartet Variations on Tune 3
13. A Good Question
14. Quintet Variations on Tune 10