J seven saxophonist where was born. Israeli saxophonist J. Seven: there are kind people in Vladivostok and a lot of Japanese cars. The musician told P24 about his fate, touring the world and shared his impressions about Vladivostok

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J. Seven is an extraordinary performer who can create a real atmosphere of romance during the show - the saxophonist plays the music of love. The uniqueness of his talent lies in the fact that the artist, in addition to the saxophone, has a wonderful command of the Spanish guitar, drums and block flute. The concert will feature a golden collection of world masterpieces: Stevie Wonder, Joe Dassin, Fausto Papetti and much more. You can enjoy the hoarse voice of the saxophone and return to your youth for two hours, remember your first love.

Repertoire

Golden collection of world masterpieces
- Concerts of romantic saxophone music

Duration of the program

from 1 hour 45 minutes before 2 hours

Composition

Solo artist
(performances as part of a group are possible:
Ronald Lees - keyboards
Saar Anak - bass guitar
Evgeniya Ninburg - rhythm solo guitar
Stas Zilberman - drums
Mikhail Ostrover - violin
Anastasia Kazakova - vocals)

A concert of saxophonist J. Seven (Israel) took place in Krasnoyarsk. Probably, he should be considered primarily as a popularizer of many melodies from the "golden" world fund, although the musician has already been elevated to the rank of multi-instrumentalist ...

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From saxophone to knife

J. Seven performed (the famous brand of juice immediately comes to mind!) On the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theater on a weekday, but managed to gather a full hall. By the way, literally a few minutes before going to the concert, I read in a book by one historiographer of Russian rock music that in the 1960s-1970s, when Western music was ironed with a heavy tank by the official press (however, another was not), firstly, the saxophone was considered a symbol of the decaying and decaying west. Secondly, a strange idea was stubbornly carried out, they say, from this musical instrument to the knife is very close. Of course, there is no more logic in this than in the well-known formula: "Today he plays jazz, and tomorrow he will sell his homeland" ...

The saxophonist entered the stage dressed rather modestly: a jacket, jeans, a baseball cap that hides his eyes. He greeted the audience in several languages ​​and, promising to reveal the secret of his pseudonym in the second part of the concert, set to work. On stage he was alone, blowing sounds from the saxophone over the "backing track", and behind him flashed "animation" - frames of video installation. At the same time, one of the Internet sites states that a musician can perform with an ensemble of six people, including a vocalist. And this is correct, because the people are not yet very accustomed to the "naked" instrumental ...

Hit pipeline

Almost the entire program consisted of romantic melodies, heartfelt love tones ... “Music of love returns a person, in my opinion, to his youthful years, when such masterpieces as the melody of Fausto Papetti from the film“ Emmanuelle ”, Joe Dassin’s song“ If it weren't for you ”sounded. This is music that really literally speaks of love. That is why I called my concerts "Music of Love". Basically, I play just the kind of music that touches the soul of a person, listening to which a person recalls his youth, his first love, a kiss near the entrance under a lantern, "- once explained J. Seven in one of his rather rare interviews.

What melodies sounded at the concert in Krasnoyarsk are remembered more than others?

I think that during the performance of the world hit from "Titanic" My Heart Will Go On, the musician's saxophone melted the remnants of ice in the hearts of the beautiful half of humanity. Moreover, the video installation featured a clip of the Canadian singer Celine Dion (the first performer of this masterpiece) - with frames from the film by James Cameron.

It should be noted that J. Seven, who immediately warned that at his concerts it is allowed to do almost everything (and he himself can, despite the saxophone, come into quite close contact with the audience) almost immediately went to get acquainted with the audience. To begin with, I "mastered" the first row, and then over and over again deepened deeper and deeper, so even in the gallery they could have a good look at the musician who truly mastered the instrument - he could probably blow the necessary notes out of it, even while standing on his head.

And also he very organically "rode" with his saxophone into several imperishable melodies from Joe Dassin's repertoire. One of the saddest and probably the most famousEt si tu n'existais pas, had a resounding success 40 years ago, in March 1976, whenfirst came out on a single. The composition, written by Toto Cutugno, has been known since Soviet times and in the Russian-language version - under the name"If I did not have you".

But in the "saxophone" part of the concert, the main hit was Steve WonderI Just Called to Say I Love You ... At this point, the artist could not resist and, after another run around the hall, began to sing into the microphone. He also twice invited Krasnoyarsk (and, mostly, Krasnoyarsk) to the stage. The first to come out were the girls, who then danced on both sides of the musician while he performed the next number of his program. But at the same time J. Seven managed to pay attention not only to the saxophone, but also to the spontaneously formed "corps de ballet".

The next time the musician began to call out pairs - although not immediately, there were enough of them. And here it was not without dancing (this time slow) ...

Later J. Seven also revealed the secret of his stage name. It turned out that the musician, who was born and raised in Russia, is called Eugene or Zhenya (though he tries not to shine his last name anywhere) - hence J., well, Seven, as you know, is seven in English. The musician has a lot to do with this lucky number. As he explains himself, he was born in July - that is, in the 7th month, it happened in the 7th maternity hospital, then went to the 177th kindergarten, in 1987 he began to study music, etc.

Guitar and flute

Soon, the artist put aside the saxophone and picked up a Spanish guitar, performing a few more soulful melodies. True, the new instrument "tied" him to the stage, making it impossible to move freely around the hall.

Well, it all ended with the musician's solo on the block flute - however, it was noticeable that he still owned it worse than the saxophone. The main hit of this part of the concert was the famous composition "A lonely shepherd". It became very popular all over the world after it was performed by the James Last Orchestra in the late 1970s - it is known that the composer originally wrote it for his unreleased album Music for Films Without Films, but the solo part was given on purpose invited Romanian pan-flutist Gheorghe Zamfira. It turned out to be a world hit, which was then not used as soon as possible. The same Zamfir included The Shepherd in all his concerts ... “The music I play today is generally the music of the past. But in the end it turned out that people know her, remember her, love her and get great pleasure from her, ”J.Seven once admitted.

Closer to the end of the concert, the people in the hall got a little excited. I remember, for example, one lady who danced solo for a long time in the aisle - to the left of the stage. The musician immediately noticed this and kept her company, but, of course, not to the detriment of playing music ...

It is known that in Russia J. Seven has already performed in Chelyabinsk, Tver, Veliky Novgorod. And shortly before Krasnoyarsk, I dropped in to Yekaterinburg - a gala concert dedicated to International Women's Day was held in the House of Officers of the Central Military District, where various artists were listed, including a participant in the "Voice" show Artyom Katorgin.

But, as far as Siberia is concerned, as the musician himself admitted, he began its development from Krasnoyarsk.

And further. According to reports, a few days later the romantic saxophone was already heard in Belarusian Mogilev. In principle, J. Seven can today go even to the Papuans cut off from civilization: the language of music is universal and does not require translation, and all the performed compositions have long passed the test of time ...

Strokes for the portrait

He started studying music at the age of 12. At the age of 17, he entered the circus college, graduating as a drummer and saxophonist.

In Russia he worked as a drummer with various stars. In early 2000, he left for Israel, where he began to collaborate with local musicians not only as a drummer, but also as a percussionist.

Later he decided to pursue a solo career as a saxophonist. “When I was going to enter the concert market, no one believed that it would be possible to do so. The musicians who are working with me on the same stage today did not even want to hear about it, did not want to talk about this topic. And since at one time I learned to play the guitar from a teacher, also a private teacher, I use the saxophone, the guitar, and the recorder at concerts, ”J.Seven explained in one of his interviews.

Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic named after E.F. Svetlanov / B. Khmelnitsky, 61a

Tickets: 500-1000 - r

Contacts: 64-52-94 Age restrictions: 12+

description:

The popular Israeli saxophonist, performing under the pseudonym J. Seven (Jay Seven), is a professional with two musical educations, rightfully won wide popularity in many countries with his talent and fantastic manner of performance.

He is a multi-instrumentalist musician, apart from mastering the saxophone, which is his "priority" instrument, he also plays the Spanish guitar, recorder and drums.

In addition, J. Seven is incredibly artistic, distinguished by an active, dynamic demeanor on stage. Despite the fact that he has one of the most complex instruments in his hands, he easily moves, goes out into the hall, interactively “communicates” with the audience and even dances while playing! So from each of his concerts, he also makes a bright and beautiful show. And most importantly, it can create a real atmosphere of romance, because this brilliant saxophonist plays Music of Love - a golden collection of world masterpieces: Stevie Wonder, Joe Dassin, Enio Morricone and much more, no less beautiful.

Jay Seven will perform all this as a soloist in the Philharmonic Hall with Kaliningrad creative groups: the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and the Baltic Band jazz ensemble under the baton of M. Sirkachik. The concert program "From Israel with Love" will take place within the framework of the International Arts Festival "Amber Necklace".

The musician told P24 about his fate, touring the world and shared his impressions about Vladivostok

Primorye 24. A solo concert of a foreign saxophonist last Saturday. The multi-instrumentalist demonstrated to the audience his virtuoso playing on the saxophone, Spanish guitar and recorder. Jay, in Russian Zhenya, performs in Vladivostok for the first time. The musician told the Primorye24 correspondent about his fate, musical landmarks, tours around the world and shared his impressions about the capital of Primorye.

I was born and raised in the country of the former Soviet Union - I don’t want to say which one, let a little intrigue remain! He graduated from the circus college in two specialties.

- Straightaway?

In college, the system was like this: along with the main instrument, I had to master an additional one. Initially, he learned to play the drums, then took up the saxophone. Everyone laughed at me - not very related instruments, of course ... Yes, and where I lived - the saxophone was not very in demand, did not meet the interest of the people of that culture.

- How did your career develop?

I came to music as a drummer: I worked with local eminent musicians, played for a long time in the State Television and Radio Orchestra, and drummed in the circus. In 2000 he moved to Israel. There I also got a job as a percussionist (Editor's note: musician-drummer). He has already performed with Israeli and Greek "stars". Then I decided to build a solo career and remembered my second instrument.

- Isn't it impossible to solo while playing drums?

Perhaps, of course: in the jazz world or playing funky, fusion, but it would most likely be music for musicians. And ordinary people come to my concerts who love beautiful, good, famous melodies. The drum show is, after all, not for everybody!

- You emphasize that you are not playing jazz, but the music of love. Are these mutually exclusive concepts for you?

Jazz can also be the music of love if presented in this format. But there is logic in my statement on the poster! When you say "saxophone", for some reason everyone imagines "bebop" music with voice improvisations, which I myself cannot listen to for more than twenty minutes. In my concert there is no such thing - only romantic works, which the Russian audience, for the most part, appreciate. Not all my audience loves and understands jazz and, having read just "saxophone" - some will pass by the poster. So I put this emphasis: not jazz!

- Where are you touring?

I am at home for two or three months at most a year. The rest of the time I tour Russia and Ukraine. Was in China, South Korea, Czech Republic. Now in the plans - Germany. I hope to be able to perform there in October.

- What is the difference between the reaction of spectators of different nationalities at your concerts?

Residents of the countries of the former Soviet Union, in my opinion, were brought up in classical culture, and they can appreciate the works that I play. Plus, they enjoy these tunes. Unlike, for example, viewers and listeners in China, who react rather coldly. There is a different mentality, respectively, different tastes - people are used to going to operas, operettas, ballet. Some Chinese people don't even know what a saxophone is. In general, China is a different story.

In general, when spectators come to a concert, one can read in their views: “What is this? Who are you? What are you going to do now? Come on, surprise me! " Two hours later, they are already smiling, leaving the hall satisfied, thanking, writing positive reviews on social networks.

Of course, I liked the city. Amur Bay, fish are being caught ... I was especially surprised by the huge number of Japanese cars. I tried to find "Mercedes", "Audi", "BMW", "Porsche" in the traffic flow - I saw one of each brand, and the rest - "Japanese".

People are very friendly and kind in Vladivostok. In Moscow, it will somehow be tougher.

Source - Daria Ushakova, Primorye24