Gilad Atzmon European Quartet IZ/CZ

Gilad Atzmon (UK) is a top jazz saxophonist, born in the early 1960s in Israel, graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, served in the Israeli army, lived for years in voluntary "exile" in London, Great Britain, where as a saxophone player he is one of the most sought-after jazz musicians. He now lives in Athens, has already given concerts in the Czech Republic several times, and is also a successful writer. He has played and recorded with, among others: Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Sinead O'Connor, Robert Wyatt and The Water Boys!

Gilad Atzmon has an unmistakable tone, influenced by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Jewish folk music, among others. He was born into a secular Jewish family in Tel Aviv and studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. In 1994, he "emigrated" to Britain and studied at the University of Essex. In 1998, he became a member of the band The Blockheads and continued to perform with them after the death of their frontman Ian Dury. In 2007, he played on the album of musician Robert Wyatt and also collaborated with the band Pink Floyd on their fifteenth album The Endless River (2014).

On the European tour, he is accompanied by a great line-up of Czech (!!!) jazzmen: Daniel Bulatkin (CZ) – piano, Taras Vološčuk (UK) – double bass, Dušan Černák (CZ) – drums.

Saturday 21. 2. ** B. Martinů Concert Hall ** 7:00 PM ** admission 390 CZK ** advance ticket sales from 19. 1.

They wrote about him:

"The best musician" alive in the world! Robert Wyatt, The Guardian

"Atzmon is surely the toughest gigging man in British jazz..." The Times

"Atzmon is unbridled: a larger-than-life figure with an almost overwhelming musical personality... he's as perfect a jazz pairing as you could wish for." Phil Jonson, Independent on Sunday

“Atzmon sends his soprano saxophone and clarinet into intricate rhythms from all corners of the world with a poetry that never loses control.” Nina Caplan, Metro

“His flow of ideas and their coherent arrangement create solos that are as exciting as they are passionately fantastic.” The Herald Sunday Tribune