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STEPS TO THE DESERT: MODERN JAZZ VERSIONS OF FAVORITE JEWISH AND ISRAELI SONGS

Description:
Steps to the Desert is Manne's way of acknowledging the influential saxophonist, John Coltrane; the CD has a modal orientation, and it indicates that the Los Angeles based drummer was paying close attention to Coltrane in the early ‘60s. Steps to the Desert finds Manne and five other West Coast jazzmen including trumpeter/flugelhornist Shorty Rogers, tenor saxman Teddy Edwards, vibist/pianist Victor Feldman, guitarist Al Viola and bassist Monty Budwig providing post bop interpretations of songs that have some type of Jewish connection, and the material ranges from traditional favorites like "Hava Nagila," "Yossel, Yossel" also known as "Joseph, Joseph" and "Zamar Nodad" to Ernest Gold's "Exodus" which a hit for French vocalist Edith Piaf. Coltrane never recorded an album with a Jewish theme; he did, however, show a strong appreciation of modal music from India, the Middle East and North Africa, and Jewish music is certainly part of the modal family.

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Hava Nagila (Come Let’s Be Happy)

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

Yossel Yossel

Zamar Nodad

Bokrei Lachish

Tzena

Exodus

Die Greene Koseene

My Yiddishe Momme

Orchah Bamidbar (Steps To The Desert)

Zamar Nodad (Single Edit)

Exodus (Single Edit)

Tzena (Single Edit)

Hava Nagila (Single Edit)

Personnel: Shorty Rogers, Teddy Edwards, Victor Feldman, Al Viola, Monty Budwig

Label:	CONTEMPORARY
Number:	7609
Item Code:	51941
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1962)
Price:	$16.00
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