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Issi Rozen
Dark Beauty
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Sheharhoret
2. Ramat Gan
3. Dreamland
4. Segment
5. Spring
6. Maya's Blues
7. Spirits
8. Sixteen
9. Inspiration
10. Geshem

CD Details

All Artists: Issi Rozen
Title: Dark Beauty
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: New Step Music
Original Release Date: 10/21/2003
Release Date: 10/21/2003
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 783707794624

Synopsis

Album Description

Dark Beauty is a beautiful and powerful extension of guitarist Issi Rozen?s critically acclaimed CDs, Homeland Blues and Red Sea. Rozen continues to explore innovative musical territory by blending Middle Eastern and Latin motifs with post bop and straight ahead jazz. The results are a stunning album that offers a unique and inspiring musical experience. Dark Beauty features Issi Rozen on guitar, Gilad Barkan on piano, Thomson Kneeland on acoustic bass and Harvey Wirht on drums. These stellar musicians stretch musical boundaries throughout the album with playing that is intense, emotional and innovative. Furthermore, the CD has a strong and cohesive group sound that is focused on the musical interplay between the players and their personal interpretation of the music. Dark Beauty features beautiful compositions and great playing, ingredients that have been the hallmark of all superb jazz recordings.

CD Reviews

At this Point

04/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Most young musicians in the world tend to cling to the styles of the most popular great artists of past decades as they tearfully search for a unique sound for their instrument and ideas. Every once and a while some young musician is reminded of how limitless their musical capabilities can be when they hear something along these lines. Some people believe jazz has dissolved and completely lost its central energy. If you listen closely, around the world there are a handfuls of artists here and there, with media attention and without, who are making progress and furthering our understanding of what music can do. Mr.Rozen has walked off of the beaten track and returned, bearing sounds never heard combined in such ways. I expected the result to be something I could listen to in my headphones at night to relax and groove to. The beauty of the music tends to this quite well...however...it also keeps me up late, wondering how he does it and where he could go next. No matter what, It runs deeper than my ears for sure. Sometimes we all forget what music can do, and here he reminds us and shows us what it can be in the future. Issi Rozen's amazing technical skill aside, what he makes with his talented quartet is not just innovative, but a reason to place more trust in the future of jazz and all music. Any music lover-It should immeadiatly go into your collection...For musicians, keep it in your stereo for a while..."