Raga-based jazz by Oded Tzur Quartet (live @Transition Festival 2023 Utrecht)

Oded Tzur is a New York City based saxophonist, composer and bandleader. His work draws on Indian classical music and Jazz, and explores fundamental connections between different musical traditions.
For this session, recorded during Transition Festival in Utrecht, Tzur chose three songs from his latest album 'Isabela'.
'Isabela' is a musical love letter: a suite consisting of five variations on one raga.
Oded Tzur - sax, Nitai Hershkovits - piano, Petros Klampanis - bass, Otis Brown lll - drums

Setlist
0:00 Invocation (O. Tzur)
02:02 Noam (O.Tzur)
12:49 The Lion Turtle (O.Tzur)


His curiosity for improvised music led him to discover the ancient art of Indian classical music, which has become the main focus of his work.
Tzur is also responsible for the development of "Middle Path", a saxophone technique that extends the instrument's microtonal capacity.
Tzur studied Indian music with the legendary flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Rotterdam Conservatory.

Crew:
Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Aad van Nieuwkerk, Sakti Khedoe, Kaya Belfor
Camera & lighting: Marijn Zurburg, Tim van der Voort, Leon Jackson
Sound: Marc Broer, Vera Kraaikamp, Timo Quartet
Producer: Jorinde Hiddema
Director/Editing Reinier Bruijne


This video was recorded at Transition Festival 2023 in Utrecht (TivoliVredenburg) for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO
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