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Music  in  the  Land  of Three  Faiths

"An absolute tour de force!" 
               –Early Music America

"This CD is stunning..."
               –Early Music Newsletter

"One of the Top 10 World Music CDs"
                –Catapult

The ivory consort

Music from the Golden Age of Spain

Jay Elfenbein - Rebab, vihuela d'arco, vielle, voice  
Gerard Edery - Saz, psaltery 
Margo Gezairlian Grib - Voice, vielle 
George Mgrdichian - oud
Rex Benincasa - Percussion, voice 
Dennis Cinelli - Mandora, saz 

The Ivory Consort - Live!

Examples of a shared culture, the myriad outpourings of different peoples who lived in medieval southwestern Europe, in what is now called Spain and southern France.

Jay Elfenbein - Rebab, vihuela d'arco, vielle, voice 
Margo Gezairlian Grib - Voice, vielle
Rex Benincasa - Voice, percussion, 
hurdy-gurdy  
Dennis Cinelli: Bass oud, saz, mandora, gittern 
Daphna Mor - Zurna, recorder, ney, percussion 
Haig Manoukian: Oud

GambaDream

This innovative quintet features acoustic viols and the Ruby electric gamba in a contemporary context melded of jazz, rock, and free-form improvisation.

Quintet

Jay Elfenbein - Bass & treble viola da gamba, Ruby electric gamba 
Tom Nelson - Piano 
Ratzo Harris - Bass 
Satoshi Takeishi - Percussion 
Andrée Pagès - Vocals 

Swings Both Ways

Backed by top-flight New York players, Pagès soars on sophisticated standards with a piano trio, then gets loose with a guitar/bass duo. 

"Straddles both worlds: the slick and seedy, the bright and dark."
                                     –Albany Jazz

Trio

Tom Nelson - Piano
Jay Elfenbein - Bass, viola da gamba
Peter Grant - Drums

Duo

Dan Rothstein - Guitar
Jay Elfenbein - Bass

Original  Jazz,  Blues  
& One lonesome cowboy

Exciting jazz and blues originals, from the seductive and reflective to the bitter and vindictive, with Jacques Brel's Chanson des Vieux Amants and innings by some of New York's finest jazz musicians.

Players

Guitar - Dan Rothstein, Ethan Mann, Arthur Kampela, John Guth,
Andrée Pagès
Bass, electric & acoustic viols -
Jay Elfenbein
Drums - Tony Moreno, Lou Grassi
Percussion - Javier Diaz