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Living Organs

by Shauli Einav

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1.
À La Yustor 05:32
2.
Vyana 07:45
3.
Screech 05:45
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New Life 05:05
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Astro 07:08
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West 4 05:27
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Joe's Shade 04:26
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Hypnagogia 03:08

about

Each organ in the human body serves its own vital role, on its own indispensable to the functioning of the whole; but life only truly becomes miraculous when all of these components work together. On Living Organs, saxophonist/composer Shauli Einav debuts a new quartet that operates on the same synergistic principle. The album conjures a scintillatingly original sound from the chemistry of four distinctive individuals.

“In this band, each part is a vital one and has a very unique individual role,” Einav says. “I feel like we're four soloists playing together, and because of that I’m being fed ideas more than ever before.”

Beyond its more metaphorical meaning, Living Organs is a play on the concept of the jazz organ group, hinting at the fact that this is a more modern, evolving take on the form. The album represents a turn towards a more electric, groove-based approach for Einav, whose past releases have mined a more acoustic, swing-rooted vein. The eclectic and propulsive sound acknowledges that his love of jazz grew not in a vacuum, but amid an equal zeal for contemporary rock and pop music.

“I got my first Charlie Parker album when I was ten, but even before that I used to listen to a lot of Jamiroquai, Queen and David Bowie,” the saxophonist recalls. “My older brother and sister would bring home cassettes by Bodycount, Iron Maiden, Duran Duran or Tracy Chapman. The things that you hear at the age of eight or nine stick with you, so for this album I just wrote music that I wanted to hear. The most important thing for me is always to be honest to myself.”

credits

released November 17, 2023

Shauli Einav - tenor, soprano & alto saxophones, flute.
Laurent Coulondre - piano, organ, synth
Eran Har Even - guitar, bass guitar
Paul Witgen - drums

©All compositions by Shauli Einav

Produced by Shauli Einav
Recorded on December 19-22, 2022. Mixed on April 16, 2023.
Recording & Mixing by Charel Stoltz at Opderschmelz Dudelange & Holtz Sound, Tuntange, Luxembourg.
Mastering by Josh Giunta, GSI Studios, New York, NY April 24, 2023.

Art direction & photography by Assaf Matarasso
Graphic design by Guillaume Saix

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Saxophonist Shauli Einav was described as a "blowing bundle of virtuosity" (Jazz Inside Magazine NYC) and his latest album Opus One (Plus Loin Music) was reviewed as a "Smartly played, swinging and evocative jazz album” (DownBeat Magazine).

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