Moving between contemporary jazz to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean groove, between vocal harmonies to striking solos, Yshai Afterman's new project is an original statement that challenges musical borders.
Yshai, alongside some of Israel’s most sought-after musicians, uses music as a canvas to tell ubiquitous stories of life, and does so with precision and sensitivity. With songs he wrote both in Hebrew and English, as well as classic Israeli and American poems for which he composed and arranged the music, Naomi is as much a personal epic as it is a universal one.
The quintet:
Yshai Afterman - Musical Arrangement, Vocal and Percussion
Yshai Afterman is a Percussionist, composer and singer- song writer from Israel.
Constantly on tour internationally, Yshai performs with various projects and gives percussion masterclasses in academies, festivals and private settings around the world.
He released his debut album “A Line From Here To Nowhere” in the fall of 2017 and will release his 2nd album “Naomi” in the winter of 2019.
Orel Oshrat - Musical arrangement and Piano
Orel Oshrat is a pianist, composer and arranger from Israel.
He is a graduate of the prestigious French “CMDL” school of Jazz and has a masters in
multidisciplinary composition at the Jerusalem Acadmey of music and dance.
He performs regularly alongside Israel’s leading artist and does orchestral arrangements for different orchestras across the country.
Tula Ben Ari - Vocals and Percussion
Tula Ben Ari is a singer, composer and song writer from Israel.
She started her musical career in Barcelona where she lived for more then a decade. She became quickly immersed in the local Jazz and world music scene and soon enough started touring big stages around the world with various projects such as “Playing For Change” and “Gema 4”.
Daniel Sapir - Double Bass
Daniel Sapir is an Israeli composer/lyricist and Bass player.
He composes music for Dance, Theatre and film in Israel and europe and has released his debut album in 2015.
He plays both electric and Double Bass in various projects in Israel and abroad.
Ofer Mizrahi - Electric Guitar, Oud and Trumpet
Ofer Mizrahi is a composer and a multi instrumentalist from Israel.Primarily a self-taught musician, he developed a unique style - inspired by Indian, jazz, Turkish, Balkan and Caucasus music and has become one of the most in demand instrumentalists in Israel.