Nitai Hershkovits

Nitai Hershkovits – Call On The Old Wise (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:06 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM

With Call on the Old Wise Nitai Hershkovits delivers an entrancing solo album. In this largely improvised solo rendering, the pianist draws from broad influences, ranging from his extensive work in jazz contexts and cutting-edge contemporary explorations to his background in classical music. This immaculate balance of idioms gives rise to an abundance of colours and timbres, explored by a pianist, who has successfully forged his very own voice as improviser and shape-designer. With a soft touch, light action and washing harmonies, Nitai’s improvisations unfold like compositions being created in real-time, making Call on the Old Wise a testimony to the pianist’s unique inventiveness as well as an essential addition to ECM’s celebrated line of solo piano recordings.

The album, recorded in Lugano in 2022 and produced by Manfred Eicher, follows after his contributions in Oded Tzur’s quartet on the acclaimed recordings Here Be Dragons (2020) and Isabela (2022).

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Nitai Hershkovits – New Place Always (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 36:42 minutes | 569 MB | Genre: Jazz, Piano
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Yellowbird Records

Pianist and composer Nitai Hershkovits has been described as a ‘Genuine prodigy’ by BBC music. He is a charismatic performer with an incredibly strong voice and musical vision. His dynamic playing crosses boundaries and genres thanks to a light, elegant touch that conveys a full spectrum of deep emotions and contrasts. As a solo artist, Nitai Hershkovits’ repertoire consists mainly of original work written for piano, giving space for interpretation. Nitai started playing the clarinet at the age of twelve, only to discover his love for the piano at age fifteen. Around that time, he was first exposed to the sound of jazz giants such as Wynton Kelly and Sonny Clark. By the age of seventeen, Nitai had moved to Tel Aviv to combine regular school with private music and piano lessons under the guidance of jazz educators Amit Golan and Yuval Cohen. In 2011, Nitai joined bassist Avishai Cohen’s group. As part of Cohen’s Trio as well as of other symphonic projects, they recorded three albums together.

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Nitai Hershkovits – Lemon the Moon (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 655 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Yellowbird Records

The pianist and composer Nitai Hershkovits was described by the BBC as a »real prodigy«. He is a charismatic performer with an incredibly strong voice & a musical vision. His dynamic play transcends borders & genres thanks to a light, elegant touch and conveys a whole spectrum of deep emotions & contrasts. “He’s reminiscent of a silky old piano swinger like the late Hank Jones, who combines bliss and melancholy with skillful freedom.” In 2011, Nitai joined the group of bassist Avishai Cohen. In 2016, Nitai moved to New York City and has since become one of the most sought-after pianists on the scene.

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