Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Tel-Aviv Jazz festival is celebrating 19!!

This year as in every year, world known Jazz giants along with local musicians-veterans and younger ones, will gather and play in Israel.

The Festival will be opened by saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, one of the jazz giants and Ray Charles's right hand as performer and band arranger during the decade of Charles' peak creativity.

In addition, the festival will feature the prominent saxophonist Odean Pope's saxophone choir, accompanied by Israeli musician.

the Trio of bass player and composer Mario Pavone, one of the leading performers on the downtown New York Jazz scene and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble of Kahil El'Zabar, who combines jazz music with the heritage of "Mother Africa" and the music of the Afro-American community in the U.S.

We’ll be there!!

Watch Rony Holan - Red Sea Jazz Fest 2007 – Warriors

Thriller - The World's Best-Selling Album

25 years !

The new track that caught my ears is :

'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 by Akon.

It is re-worked, updated version produced by will.i.am and featuring Akon on lead vocals with Michael Jackson on backing vocals.



The original 'Wanna be starting something'(Live Version):