Tzadik

Tzadik is proud to present a new solo piano CD by the legendary pianist and educator Ran Blake. Now in his 90s, Ran has been associated with New England Conservatory since 1967 and is one of America's greatest cultural treasures. Here he performs an eclectic program of jazz, folk, gospel, film noir, and Christmas Music in his inimitable deconstructuralist style. Produced by Ran's longtime friend and colleague Hankus Netsky, Voices is a seductive and dreamy exploration of piano music at its most profound, and one of Ran's greatest achievements.

A superstar of Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture and the mastermind of the popular band Pharaoh's Daughter, Basya Schechter returns with her greatest work yet, a gorgeous and sensual musical setting of the Biblical Song of Songs. Sung in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Arabic, Spanish, and French, Basya has put her heart and soul into this project and it is evident in every song, solo, and arrangement. Eighteen years in the making, this is the towering achievement by one of the most passionate, sincere, and creative musicians in Jewish music today. Songs of Desire is an utter delight!

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