Threading

Threading

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Composer-arranger-producer Oded Lev-Ari has crafted acclaimed albums by the likes of hit band 3 Cohens, clarinet icon Anat Cohen and woodwind sage Marty Ehrlich, as well as rising-star singers Amy Cervini, Melissa Stylianou and vocal trio Duchess. Now the Tel Aviv-born, New York-based Lev-Ari steps out with the first recording under his own name: Threading. 

The album presents six inspired Lev-Ari compositions – instrumental and vocal – performed by an all-star 11-piece New York band that includes Anat Cohen and the ace Matt Wilson on drums, as well as guest vocalists Alan Hampton and Jo Lawry. 

The chamber-jazz sound of Threading – which features not only winds, trumpet and a textured rhythm section but also three cellos – hints at varied sonic worlds, from jazz sound painters Gil Evans and Maria Schneider to tango nuevo king Astor Piazzolla and contemporary classical composers. Ultimately, though, Lev-Ari has his own, individual soundprint, one of cinematic richness and open-hearted lyricism.

Track List

  1. Threading [06:18]
  2. Lost and Found [05:08]
  3. Goodbye [04:18]
  4. Voices [10:25]
  5. Black Crow [06:05]
  6. E and A [03:55]
  7. The Dance [04:14]
  8. Goodbye [04:15]

Credits

ANAT COHEN: Clarinet 
WILL VINSON: Alto & Soprano Sax 
BRIAN LANDRUS: Bari Sax & Bass Clarinet 
NADJE NOORDHUIS: Trumpet & Flugelhorn 
ALEX WATERMAN, YOED NIR, NOAH HOFFELD: Cello 
ODED LEV-ARI: Piano 
GILAD HEKSELMAN: Guitar 
JOE MARTIN: Bass 
MATT WILSON: Drums 
ALAN HAMPTON: Voice (3,7) JO LAWRY: Voice (7) 

All compositions and lyrics by Oded Lev-Ari 
(Deddi Music, BMI) except Goodbye (3,7) by Gordon Jenkins (Jenkins Family Partnership, ASCAP), arranged by Oded Lev-Ari. 

RECORDED BY James Farber at Sear Sound, May 21–22, 2014 
MIXED BY James Farber at Sear Sound, June 18–19 and 21, 2014 
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS Ted Tuthill, Chris Allen 
MASTERED BY Mark Wilder at Battery Studios, August 2014 
EDITED BY Brian Montgomery 
COVER PHOTO BY James Stenson 
PHOTO OF ODED LEV-ARI BY Shervin Lainez 
PACKAGING DESIGN BY Steve Skladany 
PRODUCED BY Oded Lev-Ari