Tsahar, Assif

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Tsahar, Assif
Name (Arabic)
طاهر، عاصف
Date of birth
1969-06-11
Field of activity
Improvisation (Music)
Jazz
Occupation
Clarinetists
Composers
Saxophonists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 48891974
Wikidata: Q2655560
Library of congress: no2002021513
Sources of Information
  • His The Hollow world [SR] 1999:container (Assif Tsahar, tenor sax)
  • McWain, Andy. Starfish, 2002:disc label (Andy McWain Quartet) container (Assif Tsahar, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet; credited as co-composer on one track; jazz album with improvisation)
  • Rob-Brown-Lou Grassi Quartet. Scratching the surface [SR] p1998:container (Assif Tsahar, tenor saxophone) insert (b. 1969, Tel Aviv, Israel)
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Wikipedia description:

Assif Tsahar (Hebrew: אסיף צהר; born Israel, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist. He has lived in New York City since 1990. He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker, Mat Maneri, Hamid Drake, Peter Kowald, Susie Ibarra, Rashied Ali, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, Chris Jonas, Ori Kaplan, Oscar Noriega, Roman Stolyar, Alex Harding, Steve Swell, Cooper-Moore, and Tom Abbs He founded the label Hopscotch Records in 1999. In 2006 he opened the music club Levontin7 with Daniel Sarid in Tel Aviv.

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