Omer Avital Group at Israeli JazzPhest at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Israeli JazzPhest: Omer Avital Group – A composer and arranger, his music is influenced by his upbringing in a Moroccan-Yemenite family as well as his interest in classical European, folk and classical Middle Eastern forms. The Omer Avital Group reflects his aesthetic triangle, whose three sides are Israel-New York and the Northern Sahara. Philadelphians will recognize Omer from his performance during the debut tour of Yemen Blues. Wed., Nov. 16 at 8 & 10:00 p.m.: at Chris’s Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. Phila., Pa. Tickets are $15.00 www.chrisjazzcafe.com or by calling: 215-568-3131.

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Israeli JazzPhest: Omer Avital Group – A composer and arranger, his music is influenced by his upbringing in a Moroccan-Yemenite family as well as his interest in classical European, folk and classical Middle Eastern forms. The Omer Avital Group reflects his aesthetic triangle, whose three sides are Israel-New York and the Northern Sahara. Philadelphians will recognize Omer from his performance during the debut tour of Yemen Blues. Wed., Nov. 16 at 8 & 10:00 p.m.: at Chris’s Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. Phila., Pa. Tickets are $15.00 www.chrisjazzcafe.com or by calling: 215-568-3131.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo4AeRlHdI

Tickets are $15.00 at http://www.chrisjazzcafe.com/ or by calling 215-222-1400.

For a full listing,of all shows, go to Israeli JazzPhest on Facebook.

The Israeli JazzPhest is sponsored by World Café Live, Chris’s Jazz Café, Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Beth Am Israel in partnership with Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia and made possible in part by the support of the American Israel Cultural Foundation and the Center for Israel and Overseas of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.For more information or to set up interviews with the artists, please contact: Deborah Baer Mozes at culture culture@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il or call 215-977-7600, ext. 514.

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