Assif Tsahar

Assif Tsahar

Saxophonist Assif Tsahar in Levontin7, tel aviv 2011, photographed by Almit Alfonta
Background information
Born (1969-06-11) June 11, 1969
Israel
Genres Jazz
Instruments Tenor saxophone
Bass clarinet
Associated acts Digital Primitives trio

Assif Tsahar (born Israel, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist. He has lived in New York City since 1990.

He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker,[1] Mat Maneri, Hamid Drake, Peter Kowald, Susie Ibarra, Rashied Ali, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, Chris Jonas, Ori Kaplan, Oscar Noriega, Roman Stolyar, Alex Harding, Steve Swell, Cooper-Moore, and Tom Abbs

He founded the label Hopscotch Records in 1999. In 2006 he opens the music club Levontin7 with Daniel Sarid in Tel Aviv.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

Digital Primitives

As sideman

With Rashied Ali

With Rob Brown

With William Parker

References

  1. Snowden, Don. "Ein Sof: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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