Noa - Achinoam Nini

Noa releases the album "Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor" 1993

- Achinoam Nini Gil Dor (14 tracks)
(CD NMC 20083-2, Israel, 1993, NMC Music)
- Achinoam Nini Gil Dor (14 tracks)
1. "Three Days (a)" (1.15)
2. "Three Days (b)" (3.37)
3. "Three Days (c)" (1.09)
4. "He" (Bo'i Kalah) (4.41)
5. "She" (3.46)
6. "Nocturno" (Keren Or)/(Ray of Light) (3.54)
7. "Wondering" (4.10)
8. "Pines" (Ilanot) (4.50)
9. "Marionettes" (3.58)
10. "Oh My God!" (3.41)
11. "And the River Sang" (3.30)
12. "Me" (2.43)
13. "Nisayon" (4.03)
14. "Slowly as the Heart" (Le'at Ke-Holem Ha-Lev) (3.50)
(CD UMD80442, EU, 1997, Universal/NMC (reissue of 1993 album),
with extra booklet of lyrics English)

This album was made as an intermediate project in the period of time between the preliminary recordings and the ultimate release of Noa. Noa discovered Hebrew Poetry, specially the work of Leah Goldberg that changed her life. At the same time, Noa & Gil were offered the opportunity to participate in the prestigious Israel Festival, if they could come up with some special concert-theme for the event. Gil and Noa put their minds together and decided to create an evening called Rachel and Leah that would include poetry by Leah Goldberg and the poet Rachel.

Leah and Rachel are the names of two of our Biblical mothers, and they are also the spiritual mothers of the revival of Hebrew poetry, deep connections that supplied a rich source of inspiration. The ensuing flow of creativity resulted in the special performance that debuted in the Israel Festival and later became the album. This album was a real turning point for our careers in Israel as well as at their homeland Noa & Gil we were mostly known for their ability to transform existing songs, not create new ones. This album changed all that, sowing the seeds of their own style and marking a clear path into the big wide open.
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- Achinoam Nini Gil Dor (14 tracks)
(CD MVCG 180, Japan, 1993, MCA Victor, with diff. P/S)

GOLD FINGERS: JAZZMAN WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem
Author: Tirzah Agassi
Date: May 21, 1993

Abstract (Document Summary)

Jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny is about to make his second appearance here with songs from his 'very American' Grammy award-winning album. Metheny also produced the yet-to-be-released US debut album of singer Achinoam Nini, who will open for him in Jerusalem, along with Gil Dor.

Metheny's first step toward meeting Nini came when he gave a brief seminar at the Rimon School of Contemporary Music during his 1988 visit. Nini is a graduate of the school.

"I didn't meet Achinoam on that visit. But I got very friendly with her teacher, guitarist Gil Dor, who had studied with me years earlier at the Berklee College of Music in Boston," said Metheny in a telephone interview last month from Paris, where he was in the middle of a European tour.