Daniel Zamir

Daniel Zamir
Background information
Born	1982 Petah Tikva (Peh-tah Teek-Qwah), Israel
Genres	Jazz Klezmer Jewish
Labels	Tzadik, Hatav Hashmini
Associated acts	Satlah

Daniel Zamir (born 1982 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli religious Jewish saxophonist and singer. Having started on alto saxophone, Zamir is mainly known for his soprano playing.

Zamir was born to a secular family and started playing the saxophone at the age of eleven. He is a graduate of Thelma Yellin high school of arts in Israel. After he finished his studies he left for New York City, where he began showing interest in Jewish, Hasidic and East European music as well as West Indian rhythmic approaches. He completed his studies at The New School in 2002.

In New York he was discovered by the Jewish composer-saxophonist John Zorn, who signed him to a contract in his recording label "Tzadik".

Under the "Tzadik" label, Zamir recorded three albums with his band, Satlah, with Zorn as a sideman. They recorded two studio albums called Children of Israel and Satlah, as well as a live performance called "Exodus". Satlah and Exodus contain original materials written by Zamir himself, while Children of Israel contains original jazz variations of known traditional Israeli and Jewish compositions. In all three albums, Zamir performs as soloist together with a rhythm section, which includes bass and drums, accompanied by an ensemble of brass instruments.

In 2007 Zamir recorded I Believe for Zorn's label with the killing rhythm section of Zorn, including Joey Baron on drums, Uri Caine on piano and Greg Cohen on double bass.

In 2015 Zamir released Redemption Songs on Tzadik, featuring another killing band including Mark Guiliana on drums, Shai Maestro on piano and more great Israeli musicians.

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