2012-01-24
Oran Etkin appears on two tracks on the compilation album All About Bullies...Big and Small, nominated for Best Children's Album.
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2012-01-12
Watch coverage from Oran's Kelenia showcase during the APAP Conference, shot by Michal Shapiro, a videographer and reporter for Huffington Post
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2011-12-10
Oran talks to the Independent Music Awards about his consecutive IMA wins, and his path to success.
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2011-12-06
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2011-12-06
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2011-12-06
All About Bullies...Big and Small, nominated for Best Children's Album in the 54th annual grammy ceremony!
Oran Etkin appears on two tracks on the compilation album All About Bullies...Big and Small, nominated for Best Children's Album. read more
2011-07-07
Oran Etkins Kelenia
Philadelphia City Paper said of Oran's show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that the "Art After 5 crowd...will discover what the privileged children of Manhattan already know: Clarinetist/saxophonist/composer Oran Etkin is a whiz at world music and po read more
2011-07-01
Sounds of the City preview: Oran Etkin adapts clarinet and sax to Malian traditions
Tad Hendrickson of The Star-Ledger talked to Oran Etkin about his writing process and musical background. read more
2011-01-21
The Mini Page: Spotlight
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2010-12-20
Macaroni Kid Review by Laura Jones
"I absolutely loved this album from start to finish" read more
2010-12-16
School Library Journal Review by Beverly Wrigglesworth
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2010-12-05
All About Jazz Italia Review by Michele Chisena
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2010-12-01
Patricia L. Herlevi Review, Skagit Valley Newsletter
"The jazz musician employs a whole body approach to learning music" read more
2010-11-25
Urban Preschool Blog by Jolayne
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2010-11-19
Philadelphia Inquirer Review by Marie McCullough
Musician spreads lesson of safe listening to children read more
2010-11-16
A Nation of Moms Blog Review by Kimberlee
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2010-11-11
Go Graham Go Blog Review by Felicia
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2010-11-09
Frugality is Free Blog by JRFrugalMom
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2010-11-07
Mom To Bed By 8 Review by Momma Teri
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2010-11-05
WNYC.org Review by Marlon Bishop
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2010-10-29
Review on DailyOm
This album is a welcome change from the typical children’s albums, unafraid to embrace less simplistic rhythms and melodies and show people of all ages how much fun music can be read more
2010-10-24
Finamoon Review
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2010-10-22
JewishExponent.com Review
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2010-10-20
Families.com Review by Richele McFarlin
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2010-10-18
Minivanblues.com Review by Eva
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2010-10-18
Parentschoice.org Silver Honor Review by Lynne Heffley
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2010-10-14
Jewish Journal Review by Ryan Torok
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2010-10-12
The International Review of Music by Don Heckman
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2010-10-06
Parentmap Blog Review by Julie Wheatley
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2010-10-02
Creators.com Review by Lee Littlewood
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2010-09-30
Something Else Review by Mark Saleski
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2010-09-24
Gocitykids.parentsconnect.com Review
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2010-09-24
Timesunion,com Blog by Jennifer Gish
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2010-09-15
Musesofmegret.com
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2010-09-15
Minivanblues.com Review by Eva
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2010-09-14
New York Daily News Review
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2010-09-10
Time Out New York Kids Review by Blair Tidwell
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2010-09-08
Midwestrecord.com Review
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2010-09-06
The Indie Tot Review
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2010-09-01
TimeOut New York Kids review by Blair Tidwell
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2010-08-31
Katydid and Kid Blog review
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2010-08-30
Thestir.cafemom.com Review by April Peveteaux
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2010-08-24
Dadnabbit.com Review by Jeff Giles
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2010-08-23
Blogcritics.org Review by Bob Etier
Jazz-fan parents may welcome this introduction to the genre they already love; and their children, who have heard their parents’ music, are predisposed to the sounds and rhythms contained within. read more
2010-04-21
Jazz Inside Review
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2010-02-26
Philadelphia Daily News Review by Jonathan Takiff
An equal priority for Etkin is working his own building-block methodology to imbue children (as young as 2) with the joys of music read more
2009-12-22
Jazz and Blues Report by Ron Weinstock - Review
marvelous meeting of ancient and modern, Jazz and African music, calls to prayer of different traditions for an enchanting experience. read more
2009-11-17
Jazz Weekly Review by George W. Harris
"It's discs like this that renew my hope for the future of jazz." read more
2009-09-22
Jazz Wise UK
Rhythmically and metrically rich, this is a very expression-laden offering read more
2009-09-09
Vox Tablet by Julie Subrin - Interview
he combines [clarinet, Malian music, klezmer] to exhilarating effect. read more
2009-08-18
Audiophile Audition by Jan P. Dennis - Review
When world jazz works, as it does so marvelously on this magical disc, it can be some of the most memorable music on the planet. This recording is an absolute joy to listen to. read more
2009-08-01
Musikifan - Review
Etkin's superb blowing on tenor sax, clarinet and the B-52 of woodwinds, bass clarinet. read more
2009-07-14
Blogcritics by Richard Marcus
something extraordinary and wonderful to listen to. Not only is the sound harmonious, but so are the feelings generated by the intent behind the making of the disc. read more
2009-07-10
Village Voice Jazz Consumer Guide by Tom Hull - Review
gentle, near-hypnotic grooves.... attractive fusion concept read more
2009-07-09
BandeisNOW
"Kelenia," is receiving accolades from the likes of The New York Times, and All Music even lauded the recording for setting "a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000s." read more
2009-07-09
PopMatters by By Michael Kabran - Review
the musicianship and players’ ability to convey intense emotion is first-rate across the entire album. Etkin’s clarinet tone adds a klezmer or Middle Eastern tint to this enjoyable set, especially on tracks like “Yekeke” and “Nina”. read more
2009-06-29
The Boston Globe Critics' Pick
Striking a hypnotic balance between straight-ahead jazz and world music, read more
2009-06-29
All Music by Michael G. Nastos - Review
This recording is excellent through and through, comes highly recommended, and sets a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000s. read more
2009-06-29
Daily News Upcoming Events - Oran at Barbes in Brooklyn
Oran Etkin has cultivated a very personal voice through a decade of work with some of the best musicians in both the world of African music and the modern jazz scene. read more
2009-06-29
Boston.com Performance Update Johnny D's Somerville
a completely unique synthesis of both Western and African influences read more
2009-06-29
TheCelebrityCafe.com by John Winn - Review
[Yekeke] dares to do what world music artists have so far failed to do--blend Western music with eastern traditions read more
2009-06-26
Rocnow by Democrat and Chronicle
The best thing about this fusion is that these musicians show off their genres without watering down the other. It’s easiest to tell in the Duke Ellington standard “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” where you could actually separate the saxophone and balafon tracks read more
2009-06-25
American Chronicle by Peter H. Scrooby - Rochester Jazz Fest Performance Review
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2009-06-15
All About Jazz by Martin Gladu - Review
Entrancing and joyful, entertaining yet elevating, listening to Etkin's take on this Mandingo classic reveals the depth of feeling this centuries-old tradition can conjure time and time again. read more
2009-06-04
New York Times by Nate Chinen - Review
Even on an Africanized version of Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” Mr. Etkin has no trouble keeping his stylistic bearings. read more
2009-06-03
The Village Voice Performance Alert
Catch clarinetist Oran Etkin's free-form jazz at the early show read more
2009-06-03
Time Out New York Performance Alert
Tonight the AfroBeat Festival spotlights Oran Etkin, a forward-thinking reedist who combines jazz with African music. read more
2009-06-02
Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes - Review
Etkin, who plays tenor sax, clarinet and his primary instrument, bass clarinet, seamlessly blends pulsing rhythms, tones and melodies from the Middle East and Africa with a hip sense of urban jazz.... There is much to discover and savor here. read more
2009-06-01
Jazz Improv - Quote from Album Review
"Astounding rhythmic excitement and exulted moments of beautiful lyricism" read more
2009-05-27
Jazz.com by S. Victor Aaron - Review
a hip hop beat meted out by hand-made percussion, a balafon, a small string section playing pentatonic scales, and a bass clarinet lurking its way around all this. That only begins to describe Etkin’s one-of-a-kind mosaic of First and Third World cultures read more
2009-05-26
Sound Roots by S A Stevens - Review
Might as well just stick this in the CD player and leave it on "repeat" for the next month or two. It's that enjoyable. read more
2009-05-18
The Buffalo News by Jeff Simon - Review
It’s all charm and grace with unusual Malian time signatures (9/8). read more
2009-04-13
NME First for Music News Video Link
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2009-04-04
JazzCorner.com, All About Jazz
Oran and the band's other original members have developed an almost telepathic connection that transcends nationality and genre to create music that is free and spontaneous enough to go into uncharted territories, and at the same time speak honestly read more
2009-01-01
“...a composer of eminent individuality. [Oran Etkin] is also an extraordinary performing musician, who is a soul and mind in search of ultimate truth in aesthetics. He is a profoundly moral, socially responsible man.”
-Dr. Yusef Lateef: legendary saxophonist and one of Oran’s mentors read more
2009-01-01
“...an evening of fresh sounds featuring compositions inspired by African and jazz music”
-New York Daily News: preview of Oran Etkin’s Kelenia performance at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music read more
2009-01-01
“...recent shows have found Etkin adding wandering, inquisitive solos to the pentatonic grooves and djembe drum patterns of his Mali colleagues, or duetting with the terrific Mali guitarist Abdoulaye Diabate, former leader of Abidjan's formidable Super M
-Village Voice: preview by Richard Gehr read more
2009-01-01
“...dazzling vocal and guitar patterns over a rhythm section that is like a perfect system… and the saxophonist and clarinetist Oran Etkin, who unspooled scale patterns similar to the vocal and guitar lines… It could have gone on forever, and that was a n
-New York Times: review of Mandingo Ambassadors show by Ben Ratliff read more
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