Better Than Gold And Silver

by Yelena Eckemoff

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1.	Psalm 131 (vocal) 04:31	info	buy track
2.	Psalm 119 Teth (vocal) 05:04	info	buy track
3.	Psalm 119 Nun (vocal) 05:00	info	buy track
4.	Psalm 110 (vocal) 07:09	info	buy track
5.	Psalm 119 Lamed (vocal) 05:14	lyrics	buy track
feat. Tomas Cruz, vocals; Kim Mayo, vocals
6.	Psalm 126 (vocal) 06:00	info	buy track
7.	Psalm 58 (vocal) 04:40	info	buy track
8.	Psalm 119 Jod (vocal) 07:32	info	buy track
9.	Psalm 119 Zain (vocal) 06:14	info	buy track
10.	Psalm 147 (vocal) 12:37	info	buy track
11.	Psalm 131 (instrumental) 07:04		buy track
12.	Psalm 119 Teth (instrumental) 06:05		buy track
13.	Psalm 119 Nun (instrumental) 06:13		buy track
14.	Psalm 110 (instrumental) 08:43		buy track
15.	Psalm 119 Lamed (instrumental) 06:09		buy track
16.	Psalm 126 (instrumental) 06:43		buy track
17.	Psalm 58 (instrumental) 07:55		buy track
18.	Psalm 119 Jod (instrumental) 07:58		buy track
19.	Psalm 119 Zain (instrumental) 07:52		buy track
20.	Psalm 147 (instrumental) 13:20		buy track

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On “Better Than Silver and Gold,” Yelena brings to fruition a long incubated vision of interpreting the Psalms via modern jazz idioms. 2 CD set. While the album’s lyrics—beautifully sung by tenor Tomás Cruz and mezzo-soprano Kim Mayo—are word-for-word verses from the King James Bible (the album’s title is based on verse 72 from Psalm 119: “The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver”), Eckemoff explains in her liner notes (published in 24-page booklet) that the music is what she “heard behind the words.” What she heard and composed is highly melodic, multilayered, intricately structured jazz that takes full advantage not only of her virtuoso pianism, but also of the distinctive talents of the all-star team of instrumentalists she enlisted for the project. (from Press release)

"Rarely less than sublime, the group has that same symbiotic connectedness as John Abercrombie’s latter-day quartets. A different member of the ensemble carries the vocal line each time, tracing adulatory melodic arcs before dissolving into blissful passages of improvisation… Eckemoff’s music can perhaps wryly be described as being amongst the finest recordings that Manfred Eicher never produced." (Fred Grand for Jazz Journal UK)

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released September 21, 2018

Yelena Eckemoff, piano and compositions; Tomas Cruz, vocals; Kim Mayo, vocals; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Ben Monder, electric guitar; Christian Howes, violin; Drew Gress, double bass; Joey Baron, drums.

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Yelena Eckemoff New York, New York

Yelena Eckemoff s an internationally renowned Russian/American pianist, composer, poet, and visual artist who organically blends classical elements with jazz improvisation in evocative and uniquely distinctive works that strike a delicate balance between through-composed frameworks and open-ended exploration and improvisation. ... more

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