Amos Hoffman - Evolution (2008)

Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 19 Jan 2010 13:46:32 | Comments : 7 |

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This is the second recording by Israeli guitarist Amos Hoffman that features him as an oud player, following Na'ama (Magda, 2006). Hoffman, who began playing the guitar when he was six years old and the oud a few years later, studied with Lebanese oud and nay player Bassam Saba, while he was living in New York.
For this recording Hoffman recruited good friend and prominent Israeli bass player Avishai Cohen, after playing on Cohen's recent recordings, veteran Israeli percussionist Ilan Katchka and flute player Ilan Salem. All ten compositions are by Hoffman, and feature him as a composer with a rich sense of melody who enjoys stretching Middle-Eastern scales and African rhythms. He clearly knows how to articulate infectious themes on the oud, as featured on "Enayim," "Silence" and "Hamsa."
But that is where Hoffman's proficiency on the oud sounds shy of a necessary sense of experimentation that could ornament and color his melodies. As "Enayim" reaches its early climax when a rhythmic interplay between Cohen and Katchka takes the lead, Hoffman takes the back seat and opts for the original theme instead of exploring the rhythmic pattern. On other tracks, such as the fast "Exploration," Cohen, whose use of the bow here is masterful and imaginative, sounds keen for more adventurous development while Hoffman opts for a more elemental reading of the theme. Cohen takes the lead on the romantic "I met you," as a vocalist and pianist, and Hoffman sounds more at home as a sideman than a lead player. Other compositions, such as "The Wheel," sound as if Hoffman consciously chose to tread on predictable and familiar rhythmic roads.

Hoffman's solo oud improvisation on the traditional maqam scale "Takasin Bayati" is one the most exceptional and impressive tracks here. His playing still lacks the brilliant ornamentation of genre-bending oud players such as Rabih Abou-Khalil and Dhafer Youssef or the poetic sense of Anouar Brahem but his development of the scale is reasoned and beautiful. This is also heard on a romantic oud-piano duet with Cohen, again on the piano, where they don't attempt to reference Middle-Eastern scales or rhythms and instead they just enjoy playful interplay.

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Track listing:
Enayim
Exploration
Silence
Hamsa
Takasin Bayati
I met you
The Wheel
The Journey
Miss T
Sweet Eden

Personnel:
Amos Hoffman: oud, guitar
Avishai Cohen: bass, piano, vocals
Ilan Katchka: percussion
Ilan Salem: alto flute

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Posted By: Equalizer23 Date: 19 Jan 2010 15:57:49

Thanks!
Amos was my teacher at one point (and Ilan Salem too)
By the way, are you Israeli?

Posted By: marmaduke0 Date: 19 Jan 2010 16:19:20

you welcome!

Amos is a great man indeed !

כן אני ישראלי, לא גאה מדי

אבל בכל זאת
:)

Posted By: Conde Luna Date: 19 Jan 2010 22:54:18

Thank you very much...

Posted By: gsuser Date: 20 Jan 2010 13:39:16

Many thanks ;)

Posted By: nadeesh Date: 24 Feb 2010 11:13:26

Thank you!

Posted By: ManWhoCan Date: 19 Jun 2010 15:46:44

Please be proud of your people if you can't be proud of their government.
I'm English and not proud of our country's various previous governments that did many bad things.
Be proud of this beautiful music from the hearts of your tribesmen.
Thank you for your posts.

Posted By: marmaduke0 Date: 19 Jun 2010 16:56:21

ManWhoCan

that is exactly what i mean.

you're the man!

thanks for all the uplifting comments.
:)

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