Assif Tsahar

Assif Tsahar
Saxophonist Assif Tsahar in Levontin7, tel aviv 2011, photographed by Almit Alfonta
Background information
Born	(1969-06-11) June 11, 1969 Israel
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Tenor saxophone Bass clarinet
Associated acts	Digital Primitives trio

Assif Tsahar (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,^[1] 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

In 1999 he founded Hopscotch Records. He has recorded there as a solo musician^[2] and with Jim Black and Mat Maneri.^[3]

Discography

As leader or co-leader

• Shekhina (Eremite, 1996)
• Ein Sof (Silkheart, 1997)
• Home Cookin (Hopscotch, 1998)
• The Hollow World (Hopscotch, 1999)
• Open Systems (Marge, 2001)
• Soul Bodies, vol. 1 (Ayler, 2001)
• Ma: Live at the Fundacio Juan Miro (Hopscotch, 2002)
• Come Sunday (Hopscotch, 2003)
• America (Hopscotch, 2003)
• JAM (Hopscotch, 2003)
• Lost Brother (Hopscotch, 2005)
• Code Re(a)d (Hopscotch, 2011)

Digital Primitives

• Digital Primitives (Hopscotch, 2007)
• Hum Crackle & Pop (Hopscotch, 2009)

As sideman

With Rashied Ali

• Deals, Ideas & Ideals (Hopscotch, 2001)

With Rob Brown

• Scratching the Surface (CIMP, 1998)

With William Parker

• Sunrise in the Tone World (AUM Fidelity, 1995)
• Mass for the Healing of the World (Black Saint, 1998 [2003])

References

External links

• Hopscotch Records website

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