Gesher
Gesher
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Gesher, the debut CD from award winning, Multi-Platinum selling songwriter Michael Hunter Ochs, and Cantorial Soloist Daniel Leanse, is perhaps the most contemporary and heartfelt collection of the Jewish Sabbath prayers ever recorded.
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- 1 L'cha Dodi
- 2 Candle Blessing
- 3 Bar'chu
- 4 Sh'ma
- 5 Mi Chamocha
- 6 V'shamru
- 7 R'tzei
- 8 Shalom Rav
- 9 Yih'yu L'ratzon
- 10 Va'anachnu
- 11 Oseh Shalom
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The buzz on Gesher...
"Every song, every note, and every beat of music breathes new life into an ancient prayer..."
-Jeff Jacob
Borders Books and Music
Regional Marketing Manager
"...I actually had to pull off the freeway 'cause I was so knocked out by this CD...each track gave me the chills. And, I even take it to the gym!"
- Jaron Lowenstein
Evan and Jaron (Recording Artist of the hit song "Crazy For This Girl")
"I love the CD, GESHER. Michael Ochs did a fabulous job of producing and writing this great record!! I expect it to be one of those CD's you can't live without!!!"
- Rod Essig
VP Creative Artists Agency
"This CD is more than just a record, it is an event..."
- Ralph Murphy
VP ASCAP International/Domestic Membership Group
"I can't get the songs out of my head. Bravo...or should I say, Mazel Tov?!"
- Jeff Cohen (aka Pancho's Lament)
Award Winning Hit Songwriter
"...I love how the songs grow and change, but stay within the framework of an inspiring and moving collection for Shabbat. Daniel is a wonderful vocalist--strong and gentle all at once. I haven't heard anything this mature or heartfelt in a very long while, and will highly recommend it."
- Julie Silver
Nationally Recognized Jewish Recording Artist
"You will be uplifted! Told in ancient words yet the most contemporary of musical language, GESHER is a magical Shabbat experience to be enjoyed and inspiring for people of all ages and truly, all faiths.
- Rabbi Kenneth Kanter
Senior Rabbi at Congregation Micah in Nashville, TN. and Author of "The Jews On Tin Pan Alley"
GESHER: The Hebrew word for bridge.
Gesher, the debut CD from award winning, Multi-Platinum selling songwriter Michael Hunter Ochs and vocalist Daniel Leanse is perhaps the most contemporary collection of the Jewish Sabbath prayers ever recorded...
In order to achieve the sound and feel for Gesher that he envisioned, Ochs has recruited some of music's most talented studio artists including keyboardist Matt Rollings (best known for his work with superstars including Lyle Lovett, Dixie Chicks, and James Taylor) and violinist Jonathan Yudkin (practically a legend for his work with Shania Twain and Martina McBride).
Guest appearances from new Columbia Records recording artist, Alana Grace and world re-known Jewish vocalist Joshua M. Nelson provide the album with a wide range of vocal flavors. An appearance by members of the Strong Tower Gospel Choir (from Nashville, TN) on a rather raucous, Gospel-tinged version of "Oseh Shalom" provide just one of many unexpected and beautiful sonic surprises sprinkled throughout this 11-song Jewish worship masterpiece.
Ochs' work has been featured prominently in many of today's most popular television show soundtracks, including Dawson's Creek, Jack & Jill, As The World Turns and The Guiding Light. Most recently DreamWorks licensed his composition "Live" to be the theme song for the national advertisements for the Steven Spielberg film, The Terminal. Ochs has garnered widespread recognition and universal appeal as evidenced by his Multi-Platinum certification by the RIAA as well as his capture of the Nashville Songwriters Association International award for Song Of The Year and The Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Song of the Year for 1998's smash-hit, "On My Knees". Since then, Ochs has built a recording studio on Music Row and his songs have been recorded by major label acts including Jaci Velasquez, Eric Heatherly, Teitur, Nicole C. Mullen, Andrew Dorff, The Wilkinsons, Natalie Grant and Jennifer Marks.
If you're looking for something spiritual and contemporary...Gesher is it!!
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Gorgeous!
author: MichelleGreatest pleasure, almost indescribable.
beautiful music!!
author: sarah ,24,canadai buy the gesher cd because the tracks are amazing .the voice is really soft and mature easy to listen anywhere anytime.the piano tracks and violin make's you go higher and pierce you trought the heart.AN incredible travel.I wish that in the future you gonna make a new album with king david psalms and long, both hebrew and english, songs in the same inspiring style. thanx for the beautiful music!!!mazel tov
SHALOM FROM...NASHVILLE?! YES!
author: jonacoGreat Jewish music from Nashville? Believe it! This is a wonderful contemporary Shabbat service composed and produced by transplanted New Yorker Michael Ochs, who's music director at a Music City synagogue. I've heard much of this sort of music over the years but this setting is distinctive, with great melodies and playing by some of Nashville's best. Terrific vocals, too, by Daniel Leanse, onetime folk-rocker and Ochs' long-time cantorial soloist. His warm sound is very expressive and welcoming- why the heck didn't my own temple hire this guy? If you love modern Judaic-pop music in the Debbie Friedman/SAFAM style (BTW, SAFAM's Robbie Solomon was my former cantor), Leanse, Ochs and their GESHER service will warm your heart.
Spiritual Wonderland
author: CynthiaYou simply have to hear this entire CD to fully appreciate it...what a complete work of art. Shabbat has NEVER sounded this musical, magical and modern!! Two huge thumbs up!!! I'll be spreading the word. Gesher rocks!
A gorgeous CD...
author: JohnathanI was blown away. Never heard Jewish music that can stand up musically to anything on the radio. The production is first class. The prayers have never been interpreted in such a contemporary way, yet, it is still from the heart and feels traditional, in the modern sense of the word.
Intense musical experience
author: Andrea FrankelThe prayers are sung with an intensity seldom experienced in recordings like this. And it's nice to have a male voice to balance all the female voices in my Judaica collection.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
author: JustineA friend turned me onto this CD and I haven’t stopped listening since. The music is pure genius – beautiful, sensual, spiritual and inspiring. I can’t get the melodies out of my head – I’ve never heard anything like it.