Koby Israelite

Koby Israelite – Jacob’s Dream (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:03 minutes | 513 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Asphalt Tango Records

Here, on Jacob’s Dream, Koby Israelite demonstrates a gentler, more sophisticated side. “My grandmother bought me a piano when I was three and I started playing by ear,” says Koby. “When I was six I started to have piano lessons but I never liked it – I guess I had the wrong teacher for my rebellious personality! I got into music seriously when my parents finally gave up and bought me my first drum kit. I was very much then into rock music. Later on, in my late teens and early twenties, I got into jazz and classical music.” Koby shifted to London aged 22 and began drawing on the rhythms, sounds, vibrations and energies of this vast city so to create a music that reflected his hunger to create new sounds. “I was very happy to be exposed to so many genres of music really. I was never a purist, always liked to mix things together and create my own voice. My love affair with Eastern European music came by chance. I went to see Taraf de Haidouks in 2001 here in London. My mom is Romanian, I can speak the language, so I thought I’ll visit my roots (so to speak). They played an astonishing set and I got hooked for the accordion after seeing them – I don’t know why but I did. The next day I bought an accordion and, for a long time, it became my prime instrument. I recorded my music then, putting together everything I knew and thought I knew, and sent it to John Zorn (the maverick New York City musician who mixes thrash/jazz/surf/Rota and more to create soundtracks for non-existent films and much else) and this kicked off my career.”
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