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| Dekel Bor Trio at Smalls  Dekel Bor Trio (Dekel Bor - Guitars, Francois Moutin - Bass, Nadav Snir - Drums) will perform Wednesday Dec. 13th at Smalls. The Dekel Bor trio is one one of the most prominent and visible groups of the New-York jazz scene performing an average of 150-200 concerts a year to enthusiastic audiences. At a time where forward-looking, dedicated working jazz bands are rare, the Dekel Bor Trio is pushing the envelope of modern jazz. In the past 5 years the group has toured across the US to critical acclaim performing at top festivals, clubs and colleges during which they have drawn the attention of multi grammy- winning producer Robert Sadin (Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Gilberto Gil), known for his celebrated work with Wayne Shorter. Mr. Sadin went on to produce the group's first demo CD - "Emuna".The group is now preparing for a US and european CD release tour in the Spring of 2007 which will find them collaborating with such jazz legends as Fred Hersch, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell among many others. Dekel Bor is a 27 year-old artist from Israel who has taken the jazz world by storm for his focused and highly-original musical vision as a Composer, Guitarist and Bandleader. Dekel has toured and performed in major festivals accros the US and Europe with some of the biggest names in jazz including saxophone titans Johhny Griffin and Donny McCasslin, guitarists Pat Martino, Adam Rogers and Russell Malone, pianists Rachel Z and Horace Parlan, Bassists Buster Williams, Reggie Workman, Niels-Henning Orsted-Pederson, Cameron Brown, Hans Glawishnig, Ugonna Okegwo and Boris Kozlov, drummers Adam Nussbaum, Charly Persip, Clarence Penn, Ari Hoenig, Dafnis Prieto and Gregory Hutchinson as well as Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. Dekel is endorsed by such top companies as Ribbecke Guitars, Traugott Guitars, Mesa Boogie and Acoustic Image Amps, Bag-End Speakers and Thomastk-Infeld Strings. French-born bassist Francois Moutin is one of the biggest starts of the international jazz scene. Francois was a member of the acclaimed groups of Martial Solal, Michel Portal and Jean- Michel Pilc. Since November 1997 when he moved to New-York, Francois has been performing with the likes of Mike Stern and Jeff "Tain" Watts among many others. Currently leads the Moutin Reunion Quartet-an internationally touring group which has released 3 albums. Drummer Nadav Snir-Zelniker has performed with such musical giants as Jon Faddis, Dr. Todd Coolman and the David Parsons Dance Company. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |