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| Have You Heard? Idan Morim - "I.M." I.M, the debut album from Israeli-born and NYC-based Idan Morim, is an elegant exploration of "being" by the guitarist and composer. As a bandleader, Morim leads his quintet through the album's nine tracks, whose shifting tone colors and harmonious aesthetics meditate on the tension between identity and being. Morim presents the listener with a dimensional set of landscapes and stories, which, in the expert hands of the I.M quintet, reveal their complexities as the album unfolds. As the title alludes to, it is a record that manages to simultaneously ask and assert: I Am. Born to a family of artists in his native Israel, guitarist and composer Idan Morim found himself drawn to music as early as he can remember. By age 16, he had launched his professional career, recording and performing in Israel as a session and solo guitarist. After 3 years at the esteemed Yigon Alon High School for Arts and Sciences, he was accepted into the IDF army band as a guitarist and arranger, and subsequently traveled the country and abroad performing in shows and television/radio performances during his three-year service. With his early career as a launching point and his position in the IDF band, Morim quickly began performing and recording with many major Israeli artists, as well as contributing to smaller, local projects. At the same time, he pursued a BFA from the Tel Aviv Conservatory. Between his studies, solo work, and collaboration with others, Idan began to distinguish his own sound. Idan's sound is shaped as equally by the tradition of jazz guitar greats as it is rock and blues guitarists, as well as a lineage of history's great Jazz musicians. A combination of a lifetime of experiences, his style encompasses the years he spent listening and learning in the presence of masters, while driven by a distinctive tone entirely his own. write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |