YITZHAK YEDID : Solo Piano intro from 'Oud Bass Piano Trio'

The Oud-Bass-Piano Trio is a suite in five movements composed by Yitzhak Yedid in Jerusalem, Israel in 2005.

The work is an authentic expression of new music which incorporates a wide spectrum of contemporary and ancient styles. It creates a unique confluence of Jewish musical styles and prayers with Arabic music, western music and jazz vernacular.

The work's five movements comprise images, textures of colors, and fascinating fusions of cultures and styles that ebb and flow between precise execution and free-flowing, boundary-traversing playing, oscillating between the silent Prayer of the Kabbalist and the joy of the Palestinian Bride, between the rhythms of Belly Dances at an Imaginary Cult Ceremony and a baroque style ballroom setting, and between A Song from the Land of Israel and somber multitonality.

The structure of the composition may be likened to that of a film or play, with scenes or acts represented by the parts of each movement, while the characters are the subjects and the motifs. The ambiance, which sometimes changes dramatically, engenders tension and mystery. And, just like in a movie or a play, here too the full import can only be appreciated and understood by uninterrupted listening to the entire work.

The titles of the parts - images and poetic comments - act as a guide to the overall feel of the composition and are not binding. The listener may put the titles together with the music to form a story, as he or she understands or imagines.

The Oud-Bass-Piano Trio is a work written and constructed based on a variety of substrata. Alongside compositional techniques that derive from contemporary classical composers the work incorporates improvisational sections that reflect the spirit and patterns of eastern folk music, Jewish and western music and avant-garde jazz. This compositional concept is based on the idea of the contemporary artist being familiar with, and having mastery of, a range of musical languages and, in effect, this creates a language of musical richness designed to blend into a single homogeneous entity. The three artists who perform this work alternately express a cornucopia of images and spirits, both delicate and impulsively explosive, tranquil and complex. The musicians are required to convey these senses and feelings based on their own understanding and interpretation, which they express in their improvisational explorations and, occasionally, even through creating their personal subcompositions. In the final analysis, the objective is to produce a performance that breaks free of defined boundaries.
The third movement starts out with A Pianist's Conflict piano solo, ending with a trill complemented by the oud and double bass as Where Does the Cardo End? The cardo was the main thoroughfare of Jerusalem during the Roman Era which was unearthed in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The story continues to unfold with
Jerusalem Fugue written as a five-part fugue leading into an improvisational passage of all three instruments. Here the piano creates a bell-like sound that alludes to the churches of Jerusalem, crafted by dividing and blocking the piano strings manipulated by the pianist's right hand to produce overtones.

Mikhail Maroun- Oud
Ora Boasson Horev- Double Bass
Yitzhak Yedid- Piano

You can get the album via:
http://www.amazon.com/Suite-Five-Move...
Or directly from:
http://www.yitzhakyedid.com
via:
yitzhakyedid@hotmail.com

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[yeronga1999]

'Oud Bass Piano Trio' A new CD from -between the lines-

[tombabalala]

'OUD BASS PAINO TRIO' is out on CD! I just picked it up a couple days ago, It's a 73 minutes work of fascinated music.

Yedid has released a number of records with his ensemble, though it's only now that I've turned my head in his direction. His music walks a fine line between traditional Middle Eastern music, classical, new music and improvisation. There is joy, and yet there's also a large amount of sorrow contained within these sounds.

Recommended.

[japjapjapan]

wow,,, its like jazz n arabic or sumwhat, I dunno wat 2 say it.. its awesome

[DORMIMIYON]

Possibile riassumere in un solo disco le molteplici, frammentarie, contraddittorie, anime della cultura ebraica?

Ci ha provato il compositore-pianista israeliano Yitzhak Yedid dando alle stampe questa pregevole serie di acquarelli mediorientali. Oud Bass Piano Trio: certo il titolo non lascia molto spazio alla fantasia. E quel che non si evince a un primo sguardo lo si intuisce continuando a leggere: Suite in Five Movements.

[yom121211]

Awesome!

[TomVBelgiun]

Quite a unique pianist!

The music is really inspiring,

I'll check out the CD releases.