The Wire (p.60) - "A terrifically exciting Jewish/Cuban mash-up by trumpeter David Buchbinder and pianist Hilario Duran, which draws on jazz elements..."
Down Beat (p.66) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The edgy energy of klezmer lines and the supple elasticity of Afro-Cuban rhythms carry only distant echoes of their shared ancestry...but their kindred spirit and evolved sensibilities shine through on ODESSA/HAVANA."
JazzTimes (p.90) - "[T]hey have created some amazing arrangements that prove that these styles share more common ground than one might expect. Minor Israeli melodies fit surprisingly well into polyrhythmic Cuban grooves."
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Personnel: David Buchbinder (trumpet, flugelhorn); Aleksandar Gajic (violin); Quisin Nachoff (reeds); Hilario Duran (piano); Roberto Occhipinti (bass instrument); Dafnis Prieto, Mark Kelso (drums); Jorge Luis "Papiosco" Torres, Rick Shadrach Lazar (percussion).
Additional personnel: John Gzowski (oud).