Dekel Bor

Review:

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Born and raised in Israel, Dekel Bor started playing guitar when he was 15 and was soon performing locally.

After earning a scholarship to the Royal Danish Academy, he moved to Copenhagen when he was 19 and played in Denmark including with Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and Johnny Griffin.

Dekel Bor moved to New York when he was 21, attending the New School, working with Reggie Workman and putting together his own trio, soon performing with such notables as Roy Hargrove, Pat Martino, Horace Parlan, Buster Williams, Adam Nussbaum, Donny McCaslin, Rachel Z. and others while continuing to develop his own fresh and unclassifiable style on guitar.

A serious motorcycle accident in 2015 knocked him out of action for a time and he had to relearn how to play the guitar, but Dekel Bor has made a full comeback.

On his LiveStream of Oct. 24, 2020, Dekel Bor performs with his trio playing original music that, like that of John Scofield, can sometimes sound rockish but is full of inventive jazz improvising and thoughtful moments along with a bluesy feel.

– Scott Yanow