The Bridge...a jubilant collection of fifteen new Sam Glaser songs celebrating the unifying themes that bind the Jewish people.
Sponsored by Israel's Common Denominator organization, The Bridge marks Sam Glaser's sixth Jewish album and the culmination of a decade of concert tours reaching out to hundreds of Jewish communities worldwide. Recorded in state-of-the-art 24 bit digital audio, Sam and his nine piece band continue to set the standard in production values and creative vision.
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Original Kids Songs..........:
Originality can be hard to come by, but with a CD, or mp3, this it shines through.
It is bright and golden like the sun on a beautiful, summer day. The music is a breath fresh of air. Warmth and compassion fill the up tempo beats, and lyrics filling them with joy.
Vibrant imagery comes from the storytelling, painting pictures in the listeners mind!
Awe-inspiring:
This vibrant offering takes Sam's musicianship to a new high level and features memorable melodies with very creative arrangements. "You don't have to be Jewish" to love this music.
Love it!:
Sam is all over the music spectrum with this cd. Jazz, rock, soulfull calypso, ballads...he puts it all on this cd and at the same time gives us the opportunity to look inside our souls through his introspective lyrics.
One of the best Jewish CDs out there:
Jewish Liturgy set to funk/salsa/rock/jazz. Sam's ability to fuse these different styles into a cohesive whole is astounding. Just to look at three tracks (though there isn't a let-down on "The Bridge")."Od Yishama" is a rocking number with a salsa beat. My only complaint about this track is that it's too short! In "Mikolot," We find a jumping good funk groove that is too, too infectious. "Raindance" is unforgettably uplifting with a groove. This CD should be standard in any Jewish music collection, or, ANY... more info