Song For Rachel - Music

Poignant And Enchanting Barkan’s Music Links His Love For Popular Musics From Around The World – Notably Africa Brazil And His Israeli Homeland – With A Joyous Rhythmic And Melodic Freedom As An Improviser And A Distinctly Warm And Lyrical Approach. American Bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa And Surinamese Drummer Harvey Wirht Anchor The Band Within A Powerful And Organic Texture Rooted In Latin And African Rhythms And Jazz. Born In England And Raised In Israel Barkan Grew Up In A Musical Family And Took Up The Piano As A Teenager. After A Year Of Study At Rimon School Of Jazz During Which He Won The School’s Jazz Musician Of The Year Competition He Moved To Boston To Study At Berklee College Of Music. While At Berklee Barkan Began Recording And Performing Nationally And Internationally With Guitarist Issi Rozen And Appears On The Guitarist’s Releases Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed By Jazz Times NPR And Many Others. Barkan Collaborated In Boston With Sergio And Fernando Brandão Gifrants Dan Greenspan John Lockwood And Ron Gill/John Stein. Barkan Moved To New York City In 2009 And Found A Wonderful New Expressive Voice For His Music In Multi Grammy Winning Bassist John Benitez Performing A New Set Of Compositions With A Strong Melodic Base And Greater Flexibility For Improvisation. In New York Barkan Has Also Collaborated With Nigerian Vocalist Composer And Master Talking-Drummer Kofo The Wonderman And With The Dynamic South-African Vocalist And Composer Lorraine Klaasen Among Others. Barkan Performed At New York City’s 55 Bar Iridium BAM Café Apollo Theater Symphony Space Cornelia St. Cafe Zinc Bar Smoke Madiba New Leaf Firehouse Space The Kitano Sullivan Hall The Shrine And Caffe Vivaldi At Boston’s Hatch Shell Berklee Performance Center First Night Regattabar Scullers Ryles WFNX Jazz Festival And Ocho Rios Jazz Festival Jamaica. Barkan’s Trio Debut Modulation 2003 New Step Music Blended African And Brazilian Rhythms With Jazz Creating A Lyrical And Vibrant Interplay And A Recording That Earned A Wealth Of Praise From Critics. Live Sessions 2007 Barkan’s Second New Step Release Includes Some Of The Most Exciting And Moving Performances By Barkan’s Trio And Quartet And Describes A Period Of Musical Growth And Exploration Towards A More Open-Ended Sound Focusing And Developing The Group’s Cohesiveness And Joy In The Moment. Recorded Live At Boston’s Regattabar Proceso De Duelo 2009 Explores A New Set Of The Leader’s Compositions Offering A Compelling And Evocative Portrait That Speaks To A Life Lived Through Music. Musicians Gilad Barkan - Piano / Compositions
Jennifer Vincent Brad Jones John Benitez Keala Kaumeheiwa Fernando Huergo John Lockwood Dan Greenspan - Bass
Karina Colis Harvey Wirht Chris Beck Thierry Arpino Francis Benitez Sylvia Cuenca Vanderlei Pereira Pablo Bencid David Rivera Bertram Lehmann Steve Langone - Drums
Amir Milstein - Flute
Melissa Aldana - Saxophone read less