DOWNBEAT 4 STARS, Au.'12
This release documents the Omer Avital Quintet (with Avishai Cohen, Joel Frahm, Daniel Freedman and Omer Klein) at the end of their legendary 2006 Smalls Jazz Club residency. Recorded in one day in a bare-bones studio, the music is energetic, raw and direct. The middle-eastern and Moroccan influenced compositions - all penned by Avital - provide the perfect vehicle for the rhythmic complexity and lyrical power.
PERSONNEL:
AVISHAI COHEN - trumpet
JOEL FRAHM - saxophone
OMER KLEIN - Piano
OMER AVITAL- bass
DANIEL FREEDMAN - drums
TRACKS:
01. Free Forever 09:12
02. Suite of the East 10:40
03. Song for Peace 14:49
04. The Mountain Top 12:13
05. Sinai Memories 05:36
06. The Abutbuls 10:57
07. Bass Meditation 05:38