Fima Ephron
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Fima Ephron is a jazz bassist and composer.
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| Background information | |
| Born | London, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Bass |
| Associated acts | Adam Rogers, Nate Smith |
| Website | www |
Biography
Ephron was born in London, England. He moved to the United States at age three.[1] and began playing the bass at age thirteen. He attended High School of Music & Art in New York City. As inspirations he has cited Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson, and Reggie Workman. [2]. He has described his compositions on the 2002 album Soul Machine as "a reinterpretation of traditional klezmer and Jewish melodies with jazz, funk, and avant-garde ideologies" [3]
Discography
As leader
- Soul Machine (Tzadik Records, 2001)
- Quiet City (2014)
- Songs from the Tree (2018)
As Sideman
With Nate Smith
- Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere (Ropeadope Records, 2017)
- Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition Records, 2021)
With Hasidic New Wave
- Psycho✡Semitic (Knitting Factory Records, 1998)
- Live In Cracow (Not Two Records, 1998)
- Giuliani Über Alles (Knitting Factory Records, 1998)
- Kabalogy (Knitting Factory Records, 1999)
- From The Belly Of Abraham (Knitting Factory Records, 2001)
- The Complete Recordings (Tzadik, 2012)
With Screaming Headless Torsos
- Screaming Headless Torsos (Discovery Records, 1995)
- Live! (Discovery Records, 1998)
- Amandala (FuzeLicious Morsels, 2001)
With Others
- Current Events, Current Events (Verve Forecast, 1989)
- Rise Robots Rise, Rise Robots Rise (TVT Records, 1992)
- Lost Tribe, Lost Tribe (Windham Hill Jazz, 1993)
- Rise Robots Rise, Spawn (TVT Records, 1993)
- Lost Tribe, Letter To The Editor (Windham Hill Records, 1993)
- Lost Tribe, Soulfish (High Street Records, 1994)
- David Fiuczynski & John Medeski, Lunar Crush (Gramavision, 1994)
- Gil Scott-Heron, Spirits (TVT Records, 1994)
- Walter Becker, 11 Tracks of Whack (Giant, 1994)
- Itslyf, Hep Caolin (Amadeo Österreichische Schallplatten GmbH, 1995)
- Dorothy Scott, Into The Natural (Wolf Scott Records, 1995)
- Natalie Merchant, Jealousy (Elektra, 1996)
- David Torn, What Means Solid, Traveller? (CMP Records, 1996)
- Tom Schmidt, Rabble (Koch Jazz, 1996)
- Jeb Loy Nichols, Lovers Knot (Capitol Records, 1997)
- Lost Tribe, Many Lifetimes (Arabesque Jazz, 1998)
- McKinley, Big Top Shop Talk (Gold Circle Entertainment, 1999)
- Franklin Kiermyer, Sanctification (SunShip Records, 2000)
- David Fiuczynski, Jazz Punk (Fuzelicious Morsels, 2000)
- Splattercell, Oah (CeLLDiViSioN, 2000)
- David Binney, Balance (ACT, 2002)
- Screaming Headless Torsos, 2005 (FuzeLicious Morsels, 2005)
- Monday Michiru, My Ever Changing Moods (Geneon, 2008)
- Joel Harrison, Urban Myths (HighNote Records, 2009)
- Carter Burwell, Howl (Original Motion Picture Score) (Lakeshore Records, 2010)
- Monday Michiru, Don't Disturb This Groove (Grand Gallery, 2011)
- Erica Wexler, Sunlit Night (Folly Music, 2012)
- Ric Molina, @ Dreamland (Gutshot Media, 2013)
- Cristina Zavalloni with Uri Caine, The Soul Factor (Via Veneto Jazz, 2014)
- Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM Records, 2015)
- Lazarus Original New York Cast Recording (Columbia, 2016)[4]
- Soulmation (Zoho Music, 2017)
- Taylor Haskins, Gnosis (Recombination Records, 2017)
- Adam Rogers, Dice (Adraj, 2017)
References
- ↑ http://www.globalbass.com/archives/feb2002/fima_ephron.htm
- ↑ Isola, Gregory (Jun 1996). "BassNotes: Fima Ephron--Screaming Headless Bass". Bass Player. ProQuest 1488489.
- ↑ Jisi, Chris (Apr 2002). "Middle east meets west". Bass Player. ProQuest 199952954.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1077671-Original-New-York-Cast-David-Bowie-And-Enda-Walsh-Lazarus
External Links
- Official site
- Fima Ephron on AllMusic
- Fima Ephron on Discogs
- Interview with Global Bass Online
- YouTube recording NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Nate Smith
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