Assif Tsahar (born

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, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli

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and bass clarinetist. He has lived in

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since 1990. He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker,

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, Hamid Drake,

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, Susie Ibarra,

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, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh,

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, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez,

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, Joe Daley,

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, Chris Jonas,

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, Oscar Noriega, Roman Stolyar,

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, and

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He founded the label Hopscotch Records in 1999. In 2006 he opens the music club Levontin7 with Daniel Sarid in Tel Aviv.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''Shekhina'' (Eremite, 1996) * ''Ein Sof'' (Silkheart, 1997) * ''Home Cookin'' (Hopscotch, 1998) * ''The Hollow World'' (Hopscotch, 1999) * ''Open Systems'' (Marge, 2001) * ''Soul Bodies, vol. 1'' (Ayler, 2001) * ''Ma: Live at the Fundacio Juan Miro'' (Hopscotch, 2002) * ''Come Sunday'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''America'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''JAM'' (Hopscotch, 2003) * ''Lost Brother'' (Hopscotch, 2005) * ''Code Re(a)d'' (Hopscotch, 2011)

Digital Primitives

*''Digital Primitives'' (Hopscotch, 2007) *''Hum Crackle & Pop'' (Hopscotch, 2009)

As sideman

With

*''Deals, Ideas & Ideals'' (Hopscotch, 2001) With Rob Brown *'' Scratching the Surface'' (CIMP, 1998) With Andy McWain *''Resemblance'' (Fuller Street Music, 2008) *''Starfish'' (Fuller Street Music, 2003) With William Parker *''Sunrise in the Tone World'' (AUM Fidelity, 1995) *'' Mass for the Healing of the World'' (Black Saint, 1998

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References

External links

Hopscotch Records
website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsahar, Assif Avant-garde jazz musicians Jazz tenor saxophonists Bass clarinetists 1969 births Living people CIMP artists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists