D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Jazz Newsletter Jordan Pettay – First Fruit 75 O’s Notes: Fresh Fruit is the debut recording for New York based saxophonist, composer Jordan Pettay. She mixes jazzy pop tunes like “You Make Me Feel Brand New” with modern jazz originals like the title track. Her mission is to … Read More
Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine Magazine Israeli tenor saxophonist/composer Arnan Raz has followed up his impressive 2016 Second To The Left debut with Chains of Stories (Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Records). He shares the front line with the amazing alto saxophonist Eyal Hai. Between them both, a high-flying peekaboo twin-sax aesthetic emerges: palpably exciting and swoon-worthy as they alternately twirl and dance together, be … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Sounds that are up to the moment with a nod to tradition… Tenor saxist Arnan Raz brings together a lithe team of Eyal Hai/as, Daniel Meron/p, Tamir Shmerling/b and Dani Danor/dr for a collection of lyrical originals. Both Raz and Hai have vintage Old School warm tones, and they meld … Read More
Chris Spector, Midwest Record ARNAN RAZ/Chains of Stories (RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT): A sax led session where the focus is on sounds rather than grooves, these jazzbos tackle this vector nicely. With a nod to Teo Macero, even if this date was created without a lot of editing, it shows what can be done when you … Read More
Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Blog Israeli tenor saxophonist, Arnan Raz has created a CD based on a game he and his childhood friends once played. They took a single piece of paper and one person wrote a sentence in private, folded the paper to cover that sentence, then the next person wrote their sentence. … Read More
Mike Gates, UK Vibe “Chains of Stories” is the follow-up to tenor saxophonist Arnan Raz’s excellent 2016 debut “Second to the left”. And a very accomplished album it is too. This release sees the Israeli born composer teaming up with alto saxophonist Eyal Hai, with Daniel Meron on piano, Tamir Shmerling on bass, and Dani … Read More
Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop The same quintet with almost the same band members, same sweetness, and same will to create moving music, Arnan Raz is successfully back with his second album “Chains of Stories“. By looking at his Instagram account you will quickly get an idea of the music you are about to dive into. Only friends and moments. … Read More
Leonid Auskern, Jazz Quad Израильский тенор-саксофонист Арнан Раз выпускает в феврале на лейбле с забавным названием Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Records уже второй альбом своего квинтета. Chains Of Stories – полностью авторская работа молодого саксофониста и композитора, которого ранее слышать мне не доводилось, потому – немного о нем самом. Родился Раз на севере Израиля в киббуце … Read More
