Kasso

A unique trio that innovatively and boldly merges ancient West African traditions with electronics, jazz, and meditative groove into an atmospheric musical landscape and sounds that offer a glimpse into a new and different dreamlike place. A different and surprising ensemble that leans on rooted and ancient sounds while at the same time opens a window to a an futuristic reality of unexpected links.

Ori Berman is a guitar and Kora player, a West African harp instrument, and also a writer and composer who over the years deepened his knowledge in West African musical traditions during various journeys he made in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. Tao Samuelson is a pianist and sound artist from Tel Aviv who combines the worlds of jazz and instrumental music with textures and worlds of sound rich in imagery. Bar Shenhav is a Jerusalemite drummer, currently active in the Tel Aviv music scene, whose style combines jazz, world music, and various additional influences.

The trio creates an immersive musical experience of original compositions, analog textures, and various rhythms coming from the worlds of jazz, psychedelia, and Afrobeat. They arrive at the Jazz Festival to fill the “Indigo Forest” plaza with music that will connect us to the earth and the night sky.