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 (age 52) 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, , Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, , Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, , Ori Kaplan, , Roman Stolyar, , Steve Swell, Cooper-Moore, and Tom Abbs

He founded the label Hopscotch Records in 1999. In 2006 he opens the music club Levontin7 with Daniel Sarid in Tel Aviv.

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 Andy McWain^[2]

• Resemblance (Fuller Street Music, 2008)
• Starfish (Fuller Street Music, 2003)

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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