Israeli trumpeter’s unique East-West sound wins jazz prize
Itamar Borochov fuses the Mideast-North African synagogue music of his Jaffa childhood with the American jazz of Armstrong, Davis and Coltrane.
Award-winning Israeli trumpeter Itamar Borochov. Photo by Aviram Valdman
Israeli trumpeter Itamar Borochov and Immanuel Wilkins of Philadelphia recently won 2020’s two LetterOne Rising Stars Jazz Awards, besting more than 700 candidates and winning the services of a professional team to arrange their appearances at seven leading international jazz festivals.
That is, when jazz festivals resume. The Covid-19 pandemic temporarily silenced these popular events and led to Borochov’s return to Israel after 14 years honing his talent in New York.