Tal Gamlieli

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Tal’s organic trio has been touring and selling out venues since 2014. Some notable venues include the International Music Showcase in Israel (2017), the Panama Jazz Festival, The Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, The Bansko Jazz Festival, The S.P.A.C.E club in Chicago and the Lilypad Jazz Club in Boston.   Important collaborators of Tal and his trio include saxophonists Dayna Stephens (Sunnyside & Criss Cross), George Garzone and the trumpet player Avishai Cohen. Tal is a recipient of a Downbeat Magazine Award for Outstanding Performance. Since completing his master’s degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston in 2008, Tal shared the stage with some of the world’s leading jazz musicians such as Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzy, Joanne Brackeen, Liz Wright and many other outstanding performers. Tal grew up in a small community of Yemenites, Moroccans and Kurds in the Jerusalem hills. Tal’s father’s family immigrated to Israel from Kurdistan bringing with them the music and tribal dances of the region. From the other side, Tal's mother’s family that fled from Germany in 1936 exposed Tal to the world of classical music and the European culture. Tal's music is influenced from his background. His upbringing led him to build a rich musical style that is reflected in his compositions such as "Negev," Tal’s arrangement of the Jewish song "Dror Yikra" which combines North African rhythms with a Yemenite melody and "Dania" based on the Kurdish Debka dance rhythm.