Jerusalem Trilogy

by Matt Herskowitz, Lara St. John

Overview

For pianist/composer Matt Herskowitz, merging music from Jerusalem with jazz means adding heady progressive notions of improvisation on top of traditional liturgy. A string section, Daniel Schnyder's saxophone, and the deep blue chords Herskowitz uses as embellishment create a new, fresh, resonant music. A tumbling, cascading sound comes out of Herskowitz's piano during "Polonaise Libanaise," but in contrast, the hard-edged, monster rock waltz "Crossbones" shows possible influences from John Bonham or Keith Moon. Hymnal, classical chamber music, blues, and even crazed, angular sounds are also heard on this diverse and well-crafted project that simply cannot be pigeonholed as klezmer fusion.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/10/2010
Label:	Justin Time
UPC:	0068944023929
Rank:	245960

Tracks

1. Polonaise Libanaise
2. Jerusalem Trilogy~Allegro con brio
3. Jerusalem Trilogy~Andante moderato
4. Jerusalem Trilogy~Moderato mysterioso - Presto
5. Gottingen
6. Crossbones
7. Duologue on Under Your White Starry Heaven
8. Prokofiev's Revenge (based on Prokofiev's Etude in C minor, Op. 2/3)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lara St. John   Primary Artist,Violin
Matt Herskowitz   Primary Artist,Piano
Randy Crafton   Percussion
Daniel Schnyder   Flute,Sax (Soprano)
Mike Block   Cello
David Rozenblatt   Drums
Bassam Saba   Oud
Mat Fieldes   Bass (Acoustic),Bass (Electric)

Technical Credits

Matt Herskowitz   Producer,Liner Notes,Arranger,Composer
Randy Crafton   Mixing,Editing,Recording
Sergey Prokofiev   Composer
Daniel Schnyder   Producer,Liner Notes
Patrick Ross   Translation
Carl Talbot   Mastering
Karen Birdgenaw   Design,Art Direction
Avraham Brudna   Composer
Michael Slobodian   Photography
Marc Theriault   Mastering Assistant
Alexandre Lebedeff   Translation
Jessica Gal   Translation
Vallnez Mozell   Stylist
Jim West   Executive Producer