HAOROT-The Lights Of Rav Kook

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:44:07 +0000

Presented by Greg Wall's Later Prophets Featuring Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein

"A leading figure in the Jewish music scene for over thirty years, Greg Wall is one of the pioneers in blending Jewish music with jazz. His newest recording with his powerful ensemble Later Prophets is a colorful and provocative mixture of jazz and Jewish poetry and features the spiritual writings of Rabbi Avraham Itzchak HaCohen Kook, recently voted the most influential person in the shaping of modern Israel. Kook was a unique blend of the traditional and modern- and the music follows suit, with funky grooves, improvisations and even a few of Kook's own compositions. With texts read by one of the greatest living scholars of Kook and his milieu, this is an important document of Jewish mysticism."

John Zorn. Tzaddik Records

Personnel

* Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein -spoken word

* Rabbi Greg Wall- tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, shofar, moseno

* Shai Bachar- piano

* Dave Richards-bass

* Aaron Alexander-drums

The CD includes 12 poems in a combination of Hebrew and English and 2 nigunim-melodies composed by Rav Kook.

TRACKS

1. HA'TZOFEH LE'TOVAH-The One Who Seeks The Good (English version) (3:45)

2. TECHIYA-Renewal (7:39)

3. ME'OLAM RACHOK-From A Distant World (9:35)

4. HOOTZEEUNI LEERVAYA-Take Me Out To The Overflowing (4:06)

5. NIGUN HA'RAV #1 -Rav Kook's Melody - (6:17)

6. SHOFAR (2:09)

7. SHUVA RUCHI-Return My Spirit (2:42)

8. NIGUN HA'RAV #2 -Rav Kook's Melody 3:34)-

9. LACHASHEI HA'HAVAYA-The Whispers Of Existence (6:16)

10.MA'AYNEI RUCHI-The Wellsprings Of My Spirit (1:27)

11.DROR-Freedom (3:11)

12.ANEE MALEH AHAVA LE'ELOHIM-I Am Filled With Love For God (5:43)

13.SHEER MEROOBA-The Four Fold Song (7:50)

14.HA'TZOFEH LE'TOVAH-The One Who Seeks The Good (Hebrew Version) (3:45)

Tracks 2,3,6 composed by Greg Wall/Greg Wall Music BMI

Track 7 composed by Shai Bachar/Shai Bachar Music BMI

Track 10 composed by Aaron Alexander/Third and Pike BMI Track 12 composed by Dave Richards (credit)

Tracks 1,4,9,11,13,14 composed by Later Prophets/Greg Wall Music BMI

Tracks 5 and 8 composed by Rav Kook(PD), additional material and arrangement by Later Prophets/Greg Wall Music BMI

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