Tomer Tzur

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Kick The Bucket by Jeremiah Lockwood

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Released: Jan 1, 2002

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Kick The Bucket by Jeremiah Lockwood
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An’im Zemirot
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Citron Baladi by Joshua Levitt
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ArrowHead by Tomer Tzur
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Genre: Afro-beat / Indie / Other
Location IL
Profile Views: 24856
Last Login: 4/14/2011
Member Since 11/1/2005
Record Label Unknown Indie
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Tomer Tzur Is most wanted for drum-set and Mid Eastern percussion. From Rishon LeZion, Israel, Tomer moved to NYC to study composition and performances at the Mannes/New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. The vibrant music scene in New York exposed Tomer to variety of styles, among them; Brazilian music, which he played with the percussion ensemble 'Beat the Donkey' lead by Cyro Baptista. Naturally Tomer adapted his native Mid Eastern percussion the darbukah and tof-miriam (Riq). Tomer toured/recorded with Pharaoh's Daughter, Amos Hoffman, Harel Shachal's Anistar, Shira Kline, Avishai Cohen(bass), Kehilat Haleb NY, with Hazanim David Shiro, Moshe Habusha... He compose Music for animation and theatre. Tomer is a former member of the band The Sway Machinery, described as "Klezmer-tinged blues band...sounds like Muddy Waters" -The New York Times Magazine. Tomer is teaching Darbuka, Riqq, and Drums... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Music Tracks: Anim Zemiros – The Sway Machinery: Jeremiah Lockwwod: vocal guitar, Stuart Bogie: Tenor Saxophone, Jordan Mclean: trumpet, Colin Stetson: bass Saxophone, Tomer Tzur: drums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ArrowHead - Tomer at Home--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Citron Balladi – Joshua Levitt:Nay & composition, Amos Hoffman: Oud, Omer Avital: Bass, Rea Bar-Ness: Frame drum, Tomer Tzur: darbuka --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kick The Bucket: The Sway Machinery- Jeremiah Lockwood: vox, guitar, Sean Kupisz: bass, tomer tzur: drums .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Junior Kimbrough, Um Kolthum, Salim Halali, Nietzsche, Robert Wyatt, Hua Family Shawn Band, Velvet Underground, Rumi, Miles, Coltrane, Art Blakey, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Tzlilei Hakerem, Arik Ainstein, Shalom Hanoch, Yes, No, Gong, King Krimson, Issac Bashevi Zinger, R.L Burnside, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Soul Coughing, Porno for Pyros, Stevie Wonder, Pixies, The Shaggs, Riyad Al Sunbati, Chopin, The Beatles, The Police, soundgarden, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, John Bonham, Tomasz Stanko, Mingus, Monk, Mongolia, Cemil Bey Tanburi, Neil Young, Bob Marley, Peter Sellers, Gandhi, Uruba, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Tinariwen, boubacar traore, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Led Zeppelin... oh yeah!
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