Sovlanut

Sovlanut
Studio album by Jamie Saft
Released	July 25, 2000
Recorded	November 1999 - January, 2000 , Good & Evil Studios, Brooklyn
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:01
Label	Tzadik TZ 7142
Producer	Chris Kelly & Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft chronology

Last updated February 23, 2019

Sovlanut is an album by Jamie Saft which was released on the Tzadik label in 2000.^[1]

Jamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in Upstate New York. Saft was born in New York City, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has performed and recorded with an eclectic variety of notable artists including John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Roswell Rudd, Iggy Pop, Bad Brains, B-52s, Beastie Boys, Donovan, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, Marc Ribot, Marshall Allen, Bernard Purdie, Joe Morris, Derek Bailey, Dave Lombardo, Bill Laswell, Cyro Baptista, Chuck Hammer, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Dave Douglas & Merzbow. He has also written several original film scores including Murderball and God Grew Tired of Us.

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Tom Benton notes that "Despite the presence of ubiquitous downtowners Chris Speed and Jim Black, Sovlanut is not exactly a grand avant-jazz masterpiece, but instead a challenging expedition into live electronica, as Jewish and Arabic themes are arranged over a dense backdrop of dub and drum'n'bass. Though there certainly is bountiful improvising to be had, Sovlanut seems more focused on exploring similar atmospheric territory as the club music by which it was inspired".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jamie Saft

"Kasha Dub" - 6:54
"Sovlanut" - 12:52
"Mach / Hey" - 15:06
"Midwood Cowboy" - 3:43
"Tefachim" - 11:53
"Fresser Dub" - 2:55

Personnel

Jamie Saft - piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer, guitar, bass, saz, percussion
Chris Speed - clarinet
Jonathan Maron - bass
Jim Black, Chris Kelly (tracks 1 & 6) - drums, percussion
Rick Quinones - vocals (tracks 1 & 6)

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.

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

A synthesizer or synthesiser is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals that may be converted to sound. Synthesizers may imitate traditional musical instruments such as piano, flute, vocals, or natural sounds such as ocean waves; or generate novel electronic timbres. They are often played with a musical keyboard, but they can be controlled via a variety of other devices, including music sequencers, instrument controllers, fingerboards, guitar synthesizers, wind controllers, and electronic drums. Synthesizers without built-in controllers are often called sound modules, and are controlled via USB, MIDI or CV/gate using a controller device, often a MIDI keyboard or other controller.

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References

↑ Tzadik catalogue accessed January 9, 2014
1 2 Benton, Tom. Jamie Saft – Sovlanut > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2014.

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[1] Tzadik catalogue accessed January 9, 2014

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Benton, Tom. Jamie Saft – Sovlanut > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2014.