Oded Tzur: My Prophet

Editor's Choice

Rating: ★★★★

Record and Artist Details

Musicians:

Petros Klampanis (b)
Nitai Hershkovits (p)
Oded Zzur (ts)
Cyrano Almeida (d)

Label:

ECM

August/2024

Media Format:

CD, LP, DL

Catalogue Number:

2821

RecordDate:

Rec. November 2023

This is the third minor masterpiece in succession from Tzur, following Here Be Dragons (2019) and Isabela (2021). Throughout the personnel has remained unchanged, so important in developing a unified group sound that evolves through learned and intuitive responses to each other's playing on the bandstand. So important too, because every musical nuance and inflection are part of a collective sound that on the one hand possess unity and depth and on the other a part of a spiritual element that permeates Tzur’s performances.

Each composition seems finely wrought, and, like medieval craftsmen, every phrase seems fashioned for the ages. This is music of simmering intensity – Tzur’s tone, arresting in its otherworldly spirituality, spans an emotional divide from confessional intimacy to authoritative clarity, as he does on ‘Renata.’ But whether it is ‘Through a Land Unsown’ or ‘Last Bike Ride in Paris,’ the unity of purpose to serve the expressive needs of the composition – either in solo or ensemble – Klampanis and Tzur add compelling expressivity that invites contemplation and meditation.

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