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Yaacov Mayman - Latin Jazz Quintet - Live Concert at Jazz Club Cachasa NY
Yaacov Mayman - Saxophone
John Benitez - Bass
Miki Hayama - Piano
Francis Benitez - Drums
Aleksandra Mayman - Drums
Anthony Carrillo - Congo, Bongo
Recorded December 2010

Originally born in Moscow and hailing from Israel, for the past 19 years Yaacov Mayman has been contributing his unique musical voice to the vibrant New York Jazz scene, equally earning high praise, as from his peers and musical critics, as from his multi-faceted audience. He has recently released his highly acclaimed debut album Watercolors that features some of the most prominent and re-known Jazz musicians today, such as trumpeter Alex Sipiagin and bassist Boris Kozlov, Vadim Neselovskyi, Miki Hayama, Aleksandra Mayman. Yaacov has been indulging audiences nationally and internationally in his fascinating performances with powerful, warm sound, dazzling virtuosity, daring interaction and outstanding musicality, accompanied by an impeccable lineup of hard-swinging and powerfully driving rhythm sections. Yaacov Art Director of first online jazz competition Madeinnyjazzcompetition
Yaacov has performed and recorded with such Jazz greats, as Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano, Benny Golson, Avishai Cohen, Valery Ponomarev, Lenny White, Jerome Jennings,Dave Weckl,Leonid Ptashka,Bobby Sanabria, Jon Faddis, and many more great artist Yaacov has performed in such venues, as Birdland, Blue Note, Smalls, Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, and festivals, such as Made In NY Jazz Festival, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Moscow International Jazz Festival, Heineken Jazz Festival, NY Latin Jazz Festival, Massachusetts Jazz Festival and Connecticut Jazz Festival,Super Jazz Ashdod jazz Festival, and many more . Yaacov Mayman is a many-sided composer, whose music incorporates his strong influences by John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon, his deep roots in Be-Bop and his exposure to World, Israeli folk and Classical music into one fresh, unique and original style, full of punchy, unpredictable rhythm riffs, inspiring melodic twists and touching lyricism, all above breath-taking metric kaleidoscope. His quartet has been conquering audiences hearts, leaving listeners on the tips of their toes all the way through his exciting performances around US and abroad and is currently maintaining a busy tour schedule, making New York City it's home.