Itamar Borochov at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

Arba release tour

Raised in the cosmopolitan port city of Jaffa, now a significant presence on the New York and international jazz scenes, Rising Stars Jazz Award-winner trumpeter Itamar Borochov brings the sacred sounds of his upbringing to a jazz quartet setting.

With his formidably talented international quartet, he performs new music from his fourth album as a leader - Arba (produced by Grammy award-winner Matt Pierson and due for release in September 2023 on Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music label).

Arba musically embraces elements which make up Borochov’s own life path, taking inspiration from the stirring melody-driven Middle Eastern sounds which have surrounded him since his childhood by the Mediterranean and tracing his journey to the jazz-infused streets of New York. It celebrates an emergence from a time of hopelessness, loss and despair and a recognition of faith in the radiant life-force within - a multi-cultural joyride of enchanting lyricism, anthemic builds and a profound expression of spirituality....

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Arba release tour

Raised in the cosmopolitan port city of Jaffa, now a significant presence on the New York and international jazz scenes, Rising Stars Jazz Award-winner trumpeter Itamar Borochov brings the sacred sounds of his upbringing to a jazz quartet setting.

With his formidably talented international quartet, he performs new music from his fourth album as a leader - Arba (produced by Grammy award-winner Matt Pierson and due for release in September 2023 on Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music label).

Arba musically embraces elements which make up Borochov’s own life path, taking inspiration from the stirring melody-driven Middle Eastern sounds which have surrounded him since his childhood by the Mediterranean and tracing his journey to the jazz-infused streets of New York. It celebrates an emergence from a time of hopelessness, loss and despair and a recognition of faith in the radiant life-force within - a multi-cultural joyride of enchanting lyricism, anthemic builds and a profound expression of spirituality.

‘... unique hybrid of the Middle East and Brooklyn’ - Downbeat.

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