Ayelet Rose Gottlieb

avant-garde yet surprisingly accessible
Global Rhythm Magazine

The stunning Gottlieb possesses a powerful voice, using it with authority
JazzTimes Magazine

She most impresses [...] with her ability to convey a line with devotion and phrasing that powerfully straddles jazz cantorial and avant-garde
All About Jazz- NY

Ayelet's sound draws on a wide range of musical approaches. In her music you will find a unique improvisational approach infused with elaborate composition, spiced up with Middle Eastern scales and adventurous texts.

Ayelet's anticipated second CD was released in 2006 for John Zorn's Tzadik Records. Mayim Rabim features a song cycle she composed to 10 segments of text from the erotic biblical love poem "Song of Songs". "Mayim Rabim is a small wonder, a beautiful gem" said Billboard.com.

Gottlieb collaborates with director Franny Silverman and video artist Renate Aller to transform Mayim Rabim/ Great Waters into a multi-media performance piece. Their collaboration received a BRIC (www.briconline.com) grant and residency and was performed as part of the 2007 BRIClab season.

All About Jazz-NY chose Gottlieb's debut album InTernal- ExTernal as Best Debut CD of 2004. This Genevieve Records release was described as "One of the finest vocal discs of late" by JazzLoft.com. Ralph Selliger of the New York Press described her musical esthetic: "She takes what is at hand in her life and connects it with her musical training, her heritage and her creative instinct".

The InTernal-ExTernal project modulated and became Ayelet's Jazz Sextet. With this band she continually performs. The band, in all its incarnations, has been working together since 2002. Their new CD Upto Here | From Here is anticipated to be released this year. Some preview tracks are available on this website and on Ayelet's myspace page.

Ayelet recently performed at Carnegie Hall with vocal master Bobby McFerrin in his "Instant Opera!". The performance featured 20 vocalists from across the world, who together created an improvised opera based on the story of the Tower of Babel and the creation of language and culture.
Other projects include a collaboration with Basya Schechter (voice), Jon Madof (guitar) and Shanir Blumnkrantz (bass) on a new project for John Zorn, creating vocal arrangements to his compositions from the "Book Of Angels".

Ayelet has collaborated, performed and / or recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie, John Zorn, Ed Schuller, Yitzhak Yedid, Arnie Lawrence, Anat Fort, Paquito De'Rivera, Alon Yavnai, the Israel Contemporary String Quartet, Rufus Cappadocia, Judi Silvano, Avishai Cohen, Loren Stillman, Frank London, Perry Robinson, and Sir George Martin.

She performed in concert halls including Zankel Hall (NY), the Israeli Opera House (TLV), Alice Tully Hall (NY), Jordan Hall (Boston), Safra Hall (NY), and in festivals and conventions including Sephardic Music Festival (NY), and Israel Festival (Jerusalem, TLV)

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Gottlieb was born in 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel. Her mother's family traces Sephardic roots in Jerusalem back to 1492, while her father is an immigrant from Switzerland. She was surrounded by countless kinds of music from day one. During her childhood and youth Ayelet played classical flute, and studied at the Arts High School in Jerusalem. While in Israel Ayelet often collaborated with Saxophone great- Arnie Lawrence.

Ayelet moved to Boston in 2000 to complete her musical education at New England Conservatory. While there, she studied with such notable jazz artists as Dominique Eade, Ran Blake and George Russell and was chosen to be a member of the Conservatory's Honors Improvisation Ensemble (2000-01).
Currently living in New York, Ayelet continues to explore the elaborate world of music making. Besides working on her own projects, Ayelet composes and performs musical scores for theater groups such as the "Bull Family Orchestra" and "StorahTelling". Ayelet's music was recently featured on Marcia Jean Kurtz's play "Between Two Worlds" (HB Playwrites Theater)