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Jazz Festival began in 1991, it is one of the two major jazz events in Israel, the other is the

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. The event is held at the

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every spring for three days. As the Israeli Jazz scene presented a few interesting contemporary products like

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in recent years, the jazz atmosphere is set on contemporary jazz. One could observe conservative and traditional music with modern interpretations to Gershwins pieces and French

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music performed by pop singer

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in the 2011 Tel Aviv Jazz festival. The festival has been host to many world-famous jazz artists such as

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, amongst Israeli contemporary jazz phenomena like

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. The festival also features different youth ensembles and troupes formed at The

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Past Performers

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Quintet with

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*The

Chihiro Yamanaka is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture."Chihiro Yamanaka BiographyAllMusic/ref> As of 2012, she was based in New York City. She has had more than a dozen albums as a leader, most of them being released by Verve ...

Trio * Irit Dekel and Eldad Zitrin *

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* Steven Bernstein *

George Colligan George Colligan (born December 29, 1969) is an American jazz pianist, organist, drummer, trumpeter, educator, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Colligan was born in New Jersey and raised in Columbia, Maryland. He attended the P ...

*The Nicole Mitchell Trio *

References

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