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Yotam Silberstein
Posi-Tone Records
Israeli-born guitarist and composer Yotam Silberstein’s new CD is part spiffy organ grooves, part smart modern jazz feel. The exemplary organist Sam Yahel, drummer Willie Jones III and creamy-toned tenor saxophonist Chris Cheek are the welcome others. The leader’s “Borsht” is a comely waltz, with Silberstein displaying his warm, gleaming sound and weaving well-constructed lines into flowing musical stories. Yahel and Jones back with aplomb; the organist, especially, is another beguiling improviser.
A dancing lilt underpins Silberstein’s “Blues for 007,” a blues waltz, as well as his pretty “Jalastra.” “Weekend in Mizpe” is tender and sweet, with emotive Silberstein and Cheek; Jobim’s “Ligia” is likewise heartfelt. Charlie Parker’s “Cheryl” shows off the leader’s bebop acumen, and includes some riveting chordal passages.
-Zan Stewart
