Just Standards

Doors open at Shablul Club an hour and a half before the show begins. Arriving close to doors opening is recommended. A superb jazz quartet will give its own interpretation of a splendid list of beautiful, familiar standards, each of which has already received dozens of different performances by the best jazz artists. Among them: Mack the Knife, Autumn Leaves, In a Sentimental Mood, My Funny Valentine, My Favorite Things, Georgia on My Mind, Night and Day, All Blues, If I Should Lose You, Night in Tunisia. A pleasant afternoon is guaranteed. Tal Ron – saxophone; Erik Neisberg – piano; Gilad Abro – double bass; Shai Zalman – drums. Tal Ron is a graduate of the New School in New York in jazz performance, and played in Avi Lebovich's orchestra, with whom he has performed and recorded in Israel and abroad. Alongside his work as a musician, he teaches the art of coaching and performance at Rimon. Erik Neisberg is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, with an international career and collaborations with Peter Bernstein, Eric Alexander, and Adam Nussbaum. He has recorded albums under his own name, including with drummer Elliot Zigmund, who played with Bill Evans. Gilad Abro is a bassist, double bassist, and producer who has played with jazz greats including Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, and Randy Brecker. His work crosses genres and includes collaborations with Shlomi Shaban and Micha Shitrit, as well as an independent album called Leaf Boy. Shai Zalman studied with the renowned drummer Ed Thigpen in Denmark, and later lived and worked in New York, where he performed with Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, and other top jazz artists. He leads the ensembles Quartet East and Mambo Bell and teaches at the Israel Conservatory of Music.