Reflections of The Road by Cardamon Quartet

-The Cardamon Quartet was invited to play at prestigious concert series at Trinity Church - Manhattan. more details coming up.

“Reflections of the Road” contains both original music as well as Jewish and Arabic traditional melodies, specially arranged for the Cardamon Quartet .

Uri Sharlin and the Cardamon Quartet

Accordionist, pianist and composer Uri Sharlin is a bonafide innovator, synthesizing melodies from around the Mediterranean Sea with world rhythms into an entirely new music that breathes joyfulness and melancholy with tremendous expressive clarity. Sharlin also draws upon the influences of avant-garde jazz, classical, rumba and Brazilian samba; arriving to New York City in 1998, Uri started studying with jazz legends Jackie Byard and Arthuro O’Farrrell. While getting exposed to music form Latin America, he eventually traveled for long periods to Brazil in order to investigate more of the rich musical culture and language. In 2003, Sharlin started his own group, the Cardamon Quartet, where he blends his early influences from the Mediterranean, with those of the Americas. The group plays mostly Sharlin’s compositions along with rearranged traditional folk songs from his native region.

The Cardamon Quartet's other members, each brings his or her unique personality and expression to create the group's novel musical sound: classically trained cellist/bassist Jennifer Vincent is the regular bassist at the Ellington Orchestra, who also integrates jazz into her cello playing; reeds player, Harel Shachal, is an expert in Arabic music and at the New School has designed and teaches the only class in New York City on the art of Taqsim (Mid-Eastern improvisation style); drummer/percussionist Dan Aran is one of the most prominent jazz drummers in New York. Besides performing regularly with such jazz legends as Ron Affif and Junior Mance, Dan also plays with leading ethnic ensembles in New York and Israel.

Folk Dune Records

Uri Sharlin- piano / accordion

Harel Shachal - saxophone / Turkish clarinet

Jennifer Vincent - Bass / cello

Dan Aran - drums / percussion

Musical arrangement / compositions - Uri Sharlin

Produced by Uri Sharlin

Recorded by Randy Crafton, Kaleidoscopesound, Union City, New Jersey

Mastered by Allen tucker, foothill studios

For more information please visit our new websites

www.urisharlin.com and www.cardamonquartet.com

also, check our live video web cast from the trinity church on wall street, New York, with guest artist Amir ElSaffar and Gaida!

http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/calendar/index.php?event_id=39743

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