Mattan Klein & Tammy Scheffer Group – Tel Aviv/New York Reunion

Vocalist Tammy Scheffer and Flutist Mattan Klein have been collaborating over the past 15 years, bringing to their performances a rare chemistry and their shared love of Israeli, Brazilian and jazz music. Tonight’s concert will be featuring compositions by both, as well as their interpretations of beloved pieces by Hermeto Pascoal and other geniuses of contemporary music. They will be joined by pianist Manu Koch, bassist Yoni Ben Ari and drummer Ronen Itzik.

Born and raised in Jerusalem, flutist Mattan Klein’s original compositions feature a contemporary blend of Israeli and Brazilian music, and earned him awards such as the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition. As a bandleader, Mattan and his group were featured at the Red Sea Jazz Festival and Tel Aviv Jazz Festival in Israel, Cambridge England Jazz Festival, and the Nisville Jazz Festival in Serbia, among other premier stages. His album The Long Run (2022, Ubuntu) was featured on the Best Jazz Albums list of Jazzwise, praised for “spacious arrangements within which Klein’s crystalline flute rises clear and pure” (-Tony Benjamin, Jazzwise).

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “innovative, provocative and alluring,” vocalist and composer Tammy Scheffer has been a creative force in NYC’s vibrant music scene for more than a decade. Most recently she appeared on albums with Stefan Bauer’s Voyage West, Amanda Monaco’s Pirkei Avot, and Joe Phillips’ opera The Grey Land. As a bandleader, Tammy released the album Wake Up, Fall Asleep with her sextet on the label Inner Circle Music. Tammy has performed at Carnegie Hall and Birdland in New York, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Revoice Festival in London, MISA Festival in China, and many other renowned venues worldwide.