Tag: Gilad Atzmon

NOVANEWS Golriz Kolahi writes: Gilad Atzmon is one of modern music’s best saxophonists, and one of the most controversial public opponents of Israel. A gentle giant, warm, charismatic and somewhat shy, Gilad is a complex character. Born into a pro-Zionist family and serving briefly in the first Lebanon war, Gilad had a dramatic turnaround: he quit the army, picked up his saxophone and exiled himself to London, declaring himself an enemy to the Israeli state. Since then he has produced some of the modern era’s greatest Jazz albums, and collaborated with Ian Drury, Paul McCartney and Sinead O’ Connor. In music he is a “feisty improviser”, as one critic put it, comparing him to the likes of Charlie Parker. In his political and philosophical ideas, Gilad is blunt and outspoken. His ideas o...