Cosmic Waves

Featuring: Albert Beger

Musicians on the recording

Recording track list

Credits and release info

• Tracks 1 and 4 recorded on the 10th of July, 2023 at Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
• Tracks 2 and 3 recorded on the 8th of July, 2023 at Kitcha Studios by Uri "Momo" Barak
• Mixed by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Recording, New York
• Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
• Photos by Aviad Fuchs

Reviews and articles

• Eyal Hareuveni - The Free Jazz Collective
• Glenn Astarita - All About Jazz
• Ken Waxman - Jazz Word
• Jan Granlie - Salt Peanuts

 

Bill Meyer - New York City Jazz Record

Cosmic Waves hits hard out of the gate, with a sandblasting first salvo from Albert Beger (tenor) and Ziv Taubenfeld (bass clarinet) cleaving through Drake and Shay Hazan’s (bass) collapsing field of rhythm. Then the drums turn up the heat and the whole combo steams ahead. The web of connections between the players contributes to a strong rapport, so that even though the credits suggest that the music is completely improvised, the scrimmages resolve into solemn, cohesive melodies. Of the three recordings on review here, Cosmic Waves is the most intense, hewing exclusively to a free-jazz aesthetic. But within its chosen zone, there’s plenty of variety, much of it coming from Taubenfeld and Beger’s ability to resolve contrasting attacks with solemn joint statements.