| 1. Loss (for Flo) |
| 2. Ripple |
| 3. Cycle of Fits |
| 4. Lucille's Gemini Dream |
| 5. Going Nowhere Fast |
| 6. Heavenly Places |
| 7. African Interlude |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Avram Fefer began his musical training at age 9 in Seattle Washington where he played clarinet in the school band. At age 15, he switched to saxophone and began playing jazz in his renowned high school stage band.After receiving a degree in psychology at Harvard, Avram's formative jazz years were spent in Boston studying with great teachers like George Russell and Ran Blake and jamming at the underground bebop club, Wally's with up-and-comers Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, and Jeff Parker. Before moving to New York, he spent five years abroad in Paris where he benefitted from the frenchmen's love of art and music, and where his jazz background merged with the great African and Arabic music he heard in the streets and clubs of Paris. Most importantly, Avram was heavily influenced by the creative expatriate scene he joined there, playing with and learning from musicians like Archie Shepp, Bobby Few, Graham Haynes, Jack Gregg, John Betsch, Sunny Murray, and Rasul Siddik among others. Within this dynamic scene, Fefer grew as an artist and a saxophonist, further developing the bold, rich, expansive saxophone tone he was searching for. Says Fefer of his time in Paris: "I benefitted tremendously from playing with and around those masters; my knowledge of the jazz tradition was broadened by the great players I worked with and heard in Paris. They encouraged me to develop my own sound, while I continued to work on my mastery of jazz fundamentals." While in Paris, Avram recorded with rap music innovators The Last Poets, and was a founding member of the acid jazz group Beigels Daisy Toasts, which had a chart-topping version of Freedom Jazz Dance( Eddie Harris) in London as well as one of the top selling jazz records in France (1994). He also put his own unit together, Avram's Acid Base, which included the great African keyboard master Sheik Tidiane Seik and reflected Fefer's love of the music of early 70's Miles' & Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, and the music of nigerian saxophonist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Since moving to New York in '95, Avram has fully embraced the diversity found in the big city. He has a thriving private teaching practice and has performed with dancers, poets, painters, electronic and visual media, as well as theater and computer-interactive situations. He continues to participate in mainstream, progressive, funk, and free jazz situations performing with such notable musicians as David Murray, Fred Hopkins, Jack Walrath, Frank Lacy,Reggie Washington, Graham Haynes, James Hurt, William Parker, and Tony Allen (Fela's drummer), among many others. Lucille's Gemini Dream is his second outing as a leader; a quartet featuring the consistently creative trombonist, Steve Swell, the ever-soulful Wilber Morris on bass, and frequent collaborator Igal Foni on drums. New compositions and extended improvisations are featured.
Avram Fefer began his musical training at age 9 in Seattle Washington where he played clarinet in the school band. At age 15, he switched to saxophone and began playing jazz in his renowned high school stage band.After receiving a degree in psychology at Harvard, Avram's formative jazz years were spent in Boston studying with great teachers like George Russell and Ran Blake and jamming at the underground bebop club, Wally's with up-and-comers Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, and Jeff Parker. Before moving to New York, he spent five years abroad in Paris where he benefitted from the frenchmen's love of art and music, and where his jazz background merged with the great African and Arabic music he heard in the streets and clubs of Paris. Most importantly, Avram was heavily influenced by the creative expatriate scene he joined there, playing with and learning from musicians like Archie Shepp, Bobby Few, Graham Haynes, Jack Gregg, John Betsch, Sunny Murray, and Rasul Siddik among others. Within this dynamic scene, Fefer grew as an artist and a saxophonist, further developing the bold, rich, expansive saxophone tone he was searching for. Says Fefer of his time in Paris: "I benefitted tremendously from playing with and around those masters; my knowledge of the jazz tradition was broadened by the great players I worked with and heard in Paris. They encouraged me to develop my own sound, while I continued to work on my mastery of jazz fundamentals." While in Paris, Avram recorded with rap music innovators The Last Poets, and was a founding member of the acid jazz group Beigels Daisy Toasts, which had a chart-topping version of Freedom Jazz Dance( Eddie Harris) in London as well as one of the top selling jazz records in France (1994). He also put his own unit together, Avram's Acid Base, which included the great African keyboard master Sheik Tidiane Seik and reflected Fefer's love of the music of early 70's Miles' & Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, and the music of nigerian saxophonist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Since moving to New York in '95, Avram has fully embraced the diversity found in the big city. He has a thriving private teaching practice and has performed with dancers, poets, painters, electronic and visual media, as well as theater and computer-interactive situations. He continues to participate in mainstream, progressive, funk, and free jazz situations performing with such notable musicians as David Murray, Fred Hopkins, Jack Walrath, Frank Lacy,Reggie Washington, Graham Haynes, James Hurt, William Parker, and Tony Allen (Fela's drummer), among many others. Lucille's Gemini Dream is his second outing as a leader; a quartet featuring the consistently creative trombonist, Steve Swell, the ever-soulful Wilber Morris on bass, and frequent collaborator Igal Foni on drums. New compositions and extended improvisations are featured.
Lucille's Gemini Dream,Avram Fefer Quartet
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Lucille's Gemini Dream
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ASIN: B00005NZEH Release Date: 2001-08-01 |
Tracks:
- Loss (for Flo)
- Ripple
- Cycle of Fits
- Lucille's Gemini Dream
- Going Nowhere Fast
- Heavenly Places
- African Interlude
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