Oded Tzur

New York City-based saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Oded Tzur's warm, yearning, resonant tone explores fundamental connections between different musical traditions including modal jazz, Indian classical, and other microtonal heritages. His compositions reflect a narrative sensibility influenced by various storytelling cultures as they explore hidden and visible relationships between ancient and modern musical traditions. Tzur developed "The Middle Path," a saxophone technique that extends the instrument's microtonal capacity. His first two leader albums, 2015's Like a Gre...