Draft:Barak Mori

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Barak Mori ברק מורי
Barak Mori, 2024
Background information
Born	1975 (age 50–51) Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician composer educator
Instruments	Double bass Bass guitar
Years active	1990s–present

Barak Mori (Hebrew: ברק מורי; born 1975) is an Israeli jazz double bassist and composer based in Tel Aviv. He became active on the New York jazz scene in the late 1990s and has recorded or performed with musicians including Eric Reed, Madeleine Peyroux, Anat Cohen, Peter Cincotti, Paula West and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. He appears on Cohen’s ECM albums Cross My Palm with Silver (2017), Naked Truth (2022) and Ashes to Gold (2024), which have been reviewed in publications including All About Jazz, DownBeat, Arts Fuse and Stereophile. In 2024 he was credited as co‑writer of the single "One Too Many" for Cincotti and actor Tony Danza. His work has been covered in publications such as The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, DownBeat, JazzTimes, London Jazz News, Arts Fuse, Stereophile, BBC Music and NPR‑affiliated outlets.

Early life and education

Mori was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1975. He began playing electronic organ as a child and later took up guitar and electric bass. He studied at the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, where he played both jazz and classical music and appeared at the Red Sea Jazz Festival while still a student. A profile in The Jerusalem Post notes that he also toured with the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra before his military service.

During his military service Mori played bass in an Israeli Air Force band. After leaving the army he worked with saxophonist Eli Degibri and other young Israeli jazz musicians who were active internationally. In 1998 he moved to New York City to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music on a scholarship and began working in clubs there while completing his studies.

Career

Barak Mori performing, 2024. Photograph by Yossi Zwecker.

Work in New York

From the late 1990s into the 2010s, Mori lived in New York and worked mainly as a sideman. He played in bands led by pianist Eric Reed, appearing on Reed’s albums Happiness (2001) and Merry Magic (2003), and was part of a rhythm section described in a 2003 New York Times review as "remarkable". He also recorded and toured with singer‑pianist Peter Cincotti, including the album On the Moon (2004), which received coverage from outlets such as BBC Music and JazzTimes.

Mori’s work in New York also included recordings and performances with vocalist Paula West and saxophonist Anat Cohen. He plays on West’s album Live at Jazz Standard (2012), which a review in All About Jazz discusses in detail, and on Cohen’s Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (2010), the subject of coverage on WBUR. He was a member of the septet Waverly Seven, which released the double album Yo! Bobby! (2007) and was reviewed in All About Jazz.

Mori later worked with singer‑songwriter Madeleine Peyroux and appears on her album Secular Hymns (2016). Reviews in London Jazz News and other outlets note the sparse trio instrumentation of voice, guitar and bass. He is also credited on trumpeter Jim Rotondi’s albums Champagne Taste (2005) and 1000 Rainbows (2010), and on pianist Ehud Asherie’s Modern Life (2010).

Work with Avishai Cohen

Mori first met trumpeter Avishai Cohen in Tel Aviv and later joined his working groups in New York and Europe. He plays on Cohen’s ECM album Cross My Palm with Silver (2017), which has been reviewed by critics in All About Jazz, UKVibe and other outlets, and on Naked Truth (2022), reviewed in DownBeat and on the ECM‑focused site ECM Reviews. He is also the bassist on Ashes to Gold (2024), recorded with pianist Yonatan Avishai and drummer Ziv Ravitz. The album has been reviewed in outlets including Arts Fuse, Stereophile and Making A Scene!, which discuss the quartet setting and its response to recent events in Israel.

In 2015 he appeared with the 3 Cohens and Avishai Cohen at the first Jerusalem Jazz Festival, in a collaboration noted by the culture site Midnight East. In 2016 he performed with the Avishai Cohen Quartet at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival, an appearance mentioned in a preview by Midnight East, which lists Barak Mori as bassist for the quartet. In 2024 Mori appeared with Cohen at ECM 50, a label festival in New York that was reviewed in JazzTimes. Israeli coverage of Cohen’s work, including Ashes to Gold, in outlets such as Ynet has also mentioned Mori as part of the group.

Return to Israel and later work

By the mid‑2010s Mori had returned to Israel. A 2016 article in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Israeli jazz musicians moving back from New York mentioned him among those returning. The Jerusalem Post later profiled him in connection with performances at the Red Sea Jazz Festival, noting his years in New York and subsequent work in Israel.

Mori has continued to appear at festivals and venues in Israel. He has led and co‑led groups at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat and at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival, held at the Israel Museum. In 2024 he presented the program Remember with the Barak Mori Quartet at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival, including the piece "Omri, My Omri" written in memory of his nephew Omri Ben Shachar, who was killed during his military service; the project was the subject of a feature in The Times of Israel.

In addition to festival work, Mori has performed in smaller concert series and club settings in Israel, including duo performances with guitarist Yossi Levy and collaborations with pianist Yoni Rechter and drummer Roni Kaspi that have been reviewed in Israeli newspapers.

Since 2019 Mori has taught jazz bass and ensemble classes at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. The academy describes him as an active performer in Israel and abroad and notes his experience in American and Israeli bands.

Songwriting

In 2024 Mori was credited as co‑writer of the song "One Too Many" with Peter Cincotti, released as a duet single by Cincotti and Tony Danza. Digital releases list Cincotti and Mori as writers, with Cincotti and Danza on vocals and Mori on bass, and the song has been promoted in Cincotti’s social‑media channels and live appearances.

Style and reception

Critics have usually discussed Mori’s playing in the context of the bands he works with rather than as a soloist. A 2003 New York Times review of a trio led by Eric Reed referred to the rhythm section that included Mori as "remarkable". Reviews of Madeleine Peyroux’s Secular Hymns in London jazz publications note the pared‑down sound of the trio with voice, guitar and bass, and jazz critics writing about Avishai Cohen’s ECM albums have commented on the quartet interplay and the restrained character of Mori’s bass parts. Coverage of Ashes to Gold in Arts Fuse and Stereophile places the recording within a wider response to recent events in Israel and describes the ensemble sound in some detail.

Israeli reviewers writing in Haaretz and Ynet about festival performances in Eilat and Jerusalem have mentioned Mori in connection with groups led by Yoni Rechter and Avishai Cohen, while a 2015 feature in The Jerusalem Post and a 2024 article in The Times of Israel focus on his career between New York and Israel and on his work as a bandleader at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival.

Selected discography

With Avishai Cohen (trumpeter)

• Cross My Palm with Silver (ECM, 2017)
• Naked Truth (ECM, 2022)
• Ashes to Gold (ECM, 2024)

With Madeleine Peyroux

• Secular Hymns (Impulse!/Verve, 2016)

With Eric Reed

• Happiness (Nagel Heyer, 2001)
• Merry Magic (Maxjazz, 2003)

With Peter Cincotti

• On the Moon (Concord, 2004)
• "One Too Many" (single, 2024) – with Tony Danza

With Jim Rotondi

• Champagne Taste (Nagel Heyer, 2005)
• 1000 Rainbows (Posi-Tone, 2010)

With Anat Cohen

• Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic, 2010)

With Waverly Seven

• Yo! Bobby! (Anzic, 2007)

With Paula West

• Live at Jazz Standard (Hi Horse, 2012)

Other appearances

• Ehud Asherie – Modern Life (Posi-Tone, 2010)
• Maya Dunietz – Thank You Tree (Raw Tapes, 2023), track "Sad In the Morning Bird Song Adventures Pt. 1" (feat. Amir Bresler & Barak Mori)

External links

• Official website
• Faculty page at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
• Artist page at SmallsLive
• Barak Mori at All About Jazz