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Music and More on Shauli Einav “Generations”…

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Shauli Einav is an up and coming jazz saxophonist from Israel. He has a light and buoyant tone that is very appealing on tenor and soprano saxophones and the remainder of the group consists of Itai Kriss on flute, Don Friedman on piano, Or Bareket on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums. “Thermo Blues” opens the album with the quartet playing with great dexterity, and the leader moves from a choppy theme into a confident tenor saxophone solo. There is a medium tempoed jaunty swing on “The More I See You” where Freidman’s rippling piano leads the band into a deep and accessible swing. The flute of Itai Kriss enters on “As You Like It” intertwined with Einav’s saxophone. In the pocket bass and drums are quite supportive of a lengthy flute solo. Musicians trade phrases, and then take the tune out. Saxophone and flute again intertwine on “Land of Nod” where an interesting drum rhythm sets up some strong, gutsy tenor saxophone, and then there is a section of subtle bubbling percussion with the softer breath of flute. “Renewal” is also a very exciting song, with Einav switching to soprano saxophone, and the light tone of that instrument combined with flute make for a light and airy sound. Saxophone and extended flute solos follow before the two instruments return to harmony and a driving drum feature leads to a graceful fade out. This album worked quite well, and mainstream jazz fans should find much to interest them. The combined front line of saxophone and flute made for an appealing combination and the rhythm section played very well whether supporting or soloing.

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Another review for Shauli Einav…

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POSI-TONE
SHAULI EINAV/Generations: Jazz sax man Einav only writes a few fingers worth for the handful on display here, but he has the balls to kick it off with one of his own hard bopping originals that just keeps driving with no let up introduces everyone on board, sonically, right out of the box, letting you know everyone came to play and can keep up. Like some of your fave daddio jazz from the 50s, this hard swinging, hard bopping date is a groover right down the middle that can even propel squares to hit on the chick in the black clothes. A real cooker that smokes with the gas on high. Check it out.
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Critical Jazz on Shauli Einav “Generations”…

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Israeli born saxophonist Shauli Einav announces his presence with authority on Generations
If you are not a fan of straight ahead jazz then you can be excused. If you are a fan of straight ahead jazz the Generations from Shauli Einav is improvisational music with muscle. As a composer Einav is scary good with his own composition “Thermo Blues” easily passing for what could have been a long lost Hank Mobley tune. For any saxophonist to cover a Coltrane tune is a huge risk as it is either feast or famine, to cover “Crescent” is going all in on your talents with perhaps “Giant Steps” the only other composition in the Coltrane discography that has achieved similar Holy Grail status (note – so many people cover “Naima” it has become cliche). To play the ballad “Crescent” is one thing, to pull that almost elusive soulful quality from someplace deep and execute this tune with a slightly breathy almost Ben Webster like quality means you have just made jazz sexy again! 
The rhythm section for these sessions can not be over looked with the great Don Friedman on piano. Rounding off the rhythm section we have Or Bareket on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums and taking an important role if guiding this rhythmically induced quintet to perhaps even great heights than would normally be expected. Einav’s technical ability on both tenor and soprano indicate an artist that has not only done his theoretical homework but embraces the harmonic possibilities that are held secret within each instrument. There are hundreds of saxophone players in the naked city that can play the notes, there are very few that can make the music!
 

Criticism? More from flautist Itai Kriss would have only added to the incredible richness of the release but to go further would be to split hyper-critical hairs. Shauli Einav posses that innate gift of swing that most modern day players seemingly shy away from. Einav is one of those rare complete package artists that Posi-Tone continues to pull out of thin air with the end result being that blast from the past sound reminiscent of the classic Blue Note sessions from the mid 1960’s.
Shauli Einav may not be a household name but he is definitely a name to remember!