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Daphna Sadeh
Following a move to London 2002 saw the release of Sadeh’s first solo album “Out Of Border”. Its success led to the formation of the Voyagers group in 2003. Both “Walking the Line” (2007) and “Reconciliation” were credited to Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers, the latter being released on John Zorn’s Tzadik record label.
Daphna Sadeh was commissioned to compose music and record a CD with the Voyagers for “Tzadik”, the record label from New York, of the renowned Jazz musician John Zorn. In addition to that she has received a grant from the Art Council to support the project. Recently Daphna composed a ground breaking composition for Baroque and Klezmer and Middle Eastern music.
Daphna Sadeh’s recent albums – “Born in Parallel” have been thoroughly convincing fusions of jazz with various musical strands of the Jewish diaspora. “Born in Parallel” is her most ambitious project to date, a four part suite that combines her usual jazz and world music influences with classical and baroque music. The compositions are played by a fourteen piece ensemble conducted by David Murphy that features both jazz/world and baroque musicians. Murphy played a key role in the project and is credited with Sadeh as co-orchestrator.
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Daphna Sadeh: Born in Parallel
by Ian Patterson
Bassist/composer Daphna Sadeh may have left her native Israel over a decade ago but the country's colorful musical potpourri is firmly embedded in her DNA. For Sadeh, the confluence of Arabic, Eastern European and Mediterranean influences that resound throughout Israeli culture have provided the building blocks for her longstanding, UK-based ensemble The Voyagers on albums like Reconciliation (Tzadik, 2009). After a five-year break from the recording studio Sadeh returns with Born in Parallel, her most ambitious compositional work to date. ...
read moreDaphna Sadeh: Through Walls
by Ian Patterson
It's to her credit that Israeli-born composer and double bassist Daphna Sadeh has embraced the vibrant multi-culturalism of the great melting pot of Israel to be the defining character of her music. Her exile is less political than driven by more basic human needs, and her openness to all cultures and a brighter future shines through the beautiful music she creates with The Voyagers.
Now based in the UK, this most original of bass players has led The ...
read moreDaphna Sadeh and the Voyagers: Reconciliation
by Ian Patterson
The ringing endorsement by John Zorn, describing bassist Daphna Sadeh and the Voyager's Reconciliation as 'brilliant and hypnotic... seductive and powerful music" might sound just a tad like self publicity, given that he commissioned the music for his own label, were it not for the fact that it is true. Sadeh has led the Voyagers on a journey of musical discovery since 2003, and this, their third album, is a distillation of the musical veins that run through ancient and ...
read moreDaphna Sadeh & The Voyagers: Reconciliation
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israeli-born, England-based composer and double-bassist Daphna Sadeh's third release, Reconciliation—the musician's second recording with her band, The Voyagers—is true to its title. Following the group's first album, Walking the Line (33 Records, 2007), Reconciliation reconciles the varied cultural roots of Sadeh—her classical training, jazz education in New York, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish music, and traditional Arabic scales—into an organic and optimistic stew, all cooked through flowing, rhythmic and melodic arrangements. In her elaborate and well-crafted compositions, it is only natural ...
read moreBassist Daphna Sadeh Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
It's to her credit that Israeli-born composer and double bassist Daphna Sadeh has embraced the vibrant multi-culturalism of the great melting pot of Israel to be the defining character of her music. Her openness to all cultures and a brighter future shines through the beautiful music she creates with The Voyagers. Now based in the UK, this most original of bass players has led The Voyagers since 2003 and is now touring to promote the release of Reconciliation (2009), the ...
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Bright and accessible, colourful and unfailingly melodic, this is music that should appeal to a wide range of listeners. Ian Patterson, All About Jazz
Everyone of Sadeh’s compositions sings. In this passionate, highly accessible record, it’s clear that Sadeh has found her voice as a stylish composer and bandleader, with a talent for making the complicated sound extraordinarily simple. Songlines by Lemez Lovas (Reviewed 4 stars)
The common factor that links Sadeh’s various influences is her unfailing way with a good tune. All eight pieces on “Reconciliation” are highly melodic, from the gentle balladry of “Klil” and “Kadish” to the more upbeat numbers such as the opening “Queen Of Sheba”
Primary Instrument
Bass, acoustic
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Daphna Sadeh teaches Double bass rom beginners to advanced students. She has received her music degree from Manhattan School of Music in New York. Daphna teaches both Classical music and Jazz techniques. She has extensive experience in teaching and currently teaching online. For more information about her teaching https://daphnasadeh.com/teaching/
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