Oded Tzur
Oded Tzur is an Israeli saxophonist and composer, born in Tel Aviv and based in New York since 2011. After studying jazz and classical music in Israel, he entered the Indian music programme at the Rotterdam World Music Academy in 2007, where he studied with bansuri master Hariprasad Chaurasia. He is known for a microtonal saxophone technique he calls the Middle Path and for quartet music built on raga ideas.
Isabela
On his second release for ECM New York-based saxophonist Oded Tzur introduces a heightened sense of urgency and a conceptually augmented approach to his distinctive voice, weaving one underlying musical idea through a series of elaborate and impassio…
My Prophet
On My Prophet, Oded Tzur together with his quartet of pianist Nitai Hershkovits, bassist Petros Klampanis and the new group member Cyrano Almeida on drums, continues on the idiosyncratic musical path he has carved out for himself – a flowing jazz idi…
Here Be Dragons
ECM debut of New York-based Israeli tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums). Recorded June 2019 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2676, 2020.