April 4-5, 2019
The conference will be held at the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, the Raquel Dondisch Memorial Education Center, Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Midreshet Ben-Gurion MAP
Preliminary Event: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Amutat Ahuzat Negev, Ofakim
20:00- 21:30 Lecture, Aryeh Tepper: Jazz as a Model of Democratic Practice (in Hebrew)
Sunday, April 14, 2019
(All sessions on Sunday will be held in English)
10:00-11:00
Session 1: Jazz and Hebrew Culture Chair: Yael Dekel
o Aryeh Tepper, Translating Albert Murray into Hebrew
o Dvir Tzur, Yoram Kaniuk and Jazz
11:00-11:30
Musical Interlude: Even Sappir Music Program Students, Mitzpe Ramon
11:30-12:30
Session 2: Arnie Lawrence's Contribution to Israeli Jazz Chair: Arieh Saposnik
o Jeffrey Green, Arnie Lawrence as a Teacher of Jazz in his Last Years in Israel
o Rebecca Zola, Arnie Lawrence's Impact on the Contemporary Jazz Scene in Israel and Abroad
12:30-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:00
Session 3: The Dynamics and Flowering of Israeli Jazz Chair: Paula Kabalo
o Barak Weiss, The Big Bang of Israeli Jazz, 1992-2002
o Ari Katorza, The Politics behind Jazz Education: The Rimon School as a Test Case
o Tal Feder, "Jamming Together": Professional Social Networks of Jazz Musicians
15:00-15:30
Musical Interlude: Even Sappir Music Program Students, Mitzpe Ramon
15:45-17:15
Keynote Address:
Greg Thomas, Musical Relationships: Lionel Hampton's King David Suite
Chair: Aryeh Tepper
17:30-19:00
Dinner Break
Special Evening Performance
20:30
Itamar Borochov Octet in Concert: King David Suite; Jazz and Piyyut
Pre-registration required
Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium, Marcus Family Campus, Beer Sheva
Transportation to Beer Sheva will be provided.
Pre-registration to the tranportation is required:
Registration to the tranportation from Mitzpe Ramon and Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Registration to the transportation from Sderot and Ofakim
Monday, April 15, 2019
(All sessions on Monday will be held in Hebrew)
9:30-11:00
Session 4: Three Stories of Israeli Jazz
Chair: Gideon Katz
o Dan Cahn, Albert Piamenta and the First Israeli Ethno-Jazz Album
o Meirav Meron, Between New York and the Arava: Israeliness in Avishai Cohen’s Work
o Uri Hollander,“Olearchik Style”: Alon Olearchik and Jazz
11:00-11:30 Musical Interlude: Even Sappir Music Program Students, Mitzpe Ramon
11:30-13:00
Session 5: Roundtable: Jazz and Jazz Education in Israel: Past, Present, Future
Chair: Aryeh Tepper
o Eli Benacot, Rimon; Mizmor
o Ehud Ettun, Even Sappir Music Program, Mitzpeh Ramon
o Yael Hadany, Beit Ha-Amudim Jazz Club, Panonica Jazz
13:00-14:30
Lunch Break
14:30-16:00
Closing Jam Session
The Axel Springer Auditorium
The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Sede Boqer Campus
Registration to the Closing Jam Session
The conference is disabled-accessible.
For individual accommodations, please email:
israelijazzandhebrewculture19@gmail.com by April 5, 2019
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