Assif Tsahar (born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli

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and

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ist. He has lived in

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since 1990. He has performed with

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, Butch Morris, William Parker,

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, Hamid Drake,

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, Rashied Ali, Warren Smith,

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, Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez,

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, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson,

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, Ori Kaplan,

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, Alex Harding,

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, and

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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

* ''Shekhina'' (Eremite, 1996) * ''Ein Sof'' (Silkheart, 1997) * ''Home Cookin'' (Hopscotch, 1998) * ''The Hollow World'' (Hopscotch, 1999) * ''Open Systems'' (Marge, 2001) * ''Soul Bodies, vol. 1'' (Ayler, 2001) * ''Ma: Live at the Fundacio Juan Miro'' (Hopscotch, 2002) * ''Come Sunday'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''America'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''JAM'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''Lost Brother'' (Hopscotch, 2005) * ''Code Re(a)d'' (Hopscotch, 2011)

Digital Primitives

*''Digital Primitives'' (Hopscotch, 2007) *''Hum Crackle & Pop'' (Hopscotch, 2009)

As sideman

With Rashied Ali *''Deals, Ideas & Ideals'' (Hopscotch, 2001) With Rob Brown *'' Scratching the Surface'' (CIMP, 1998) With Andy McWain *''Resemblance'' (Fuller Street Music, 2008) *''Starfish'' (Fuller Street Music, 2003) With William Parker *''Sunrise in the Tone World'' (AUM Fidelity, 1995) *''

Mass for the Healing of the World ''Mass for the Healing of the World'' is a live album by American jazz double bassist William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra which was recorded live in 1998 but not released on the Italian Black Saint label until 2003. Recept ...

'' (Black Saint, 1998 003

References

External links

Hopscotch Records
website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsahar, Assif Avant-garde jazz musicians Jazz tenor saxophonists Bass clarinetists 1969 births Living people CIMP artists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists