Sephardic Tinge

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Sephardic Tinge
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Studio album by Anthony Coleman
Released 1995
Recorded December 8 & 29, 1993 and January 12, 1994, Kampo and Baby Monster, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length48:49
Label Tzadik TZ 7102
Producer Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman chronology
Lobster and Friend
(1993) Lobster and Friend1993		Sephardic Tinge
(1995)		 Selfhaters
(1996) Selfhaters1996

Sephardic Tinge is an album by pianist Anthony Coleman which was released on the Tzadik label in 1995. [1]

Anthony Coleman American musician

Anthony Coleman is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on Cobra, Kristallnacht, The Big Gundown, Archery, and Spillane and helped push modern Jewish music into the 21st century.

Tzadik Records American record label

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.

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Reception

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In his review for Allmusic, Marc Gilman notes that "Sephardic Tinge is an excellent incorporation of traditional, ethnic music combined with an astute downtown New York sensibility". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Coleman except as indicated

  1. "Quando el Rey Nimrod" (Traditional) - 4:04
  2. "Bye-Ya" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:14
  3. "Ladino Passacaglia" - 5:10
  4. "Belz" (Alexander Olshanetsky, Jacob Jacobs) - 4:56
  5. "Bert Williams" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:08
  6. "Sarajevo" - 4:20
  7. "Doina" - 8:08
  8. "Ask Anthony 2" (Coleman, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron) - 6:18
  9. "Una Matica de Ruda" (Traditional) - 6:31

Personnel

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Greg Cohen American musician

Greg Cohen is an American jazz bassist. Best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar album. Cohen has also often played traditional jazz, including work with Ken Peplowski, Kenny Davern, Marty Grosz and the filmmaker/clarinettist Woody Allen. He has worked with many musicians, including Tom Waits, David Byrne, and Elvis Costello.

Double bass Acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family

The double bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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References

  1. ↑ Tzadik catalogue accessed January 15, 2014
  2. 1 2 Gilman, Marc. Anthony Coleman – Sephardic Tinge > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 15, 2014.
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