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Gilad Atzmon
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{{Infobox Person
|name          = Gilad Atzmon<br />{{lang|he|גלעד עצמון}}
|image         = Gilad Atzmon.jpg
|image_size    = 180px
|caption       = Gilad Atzmon
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==Early life==

He was born a [[secular]] [[Israel]]i [[Jew]] in [[Tel Aviv]], and trained at the [[Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance|Rubin Academy of Music]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name
 = "GMF-GA">{{=%26quot%3BGMF-GA%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web
| url         = http://www.globalmusicfoundation.org/people.html#GA
| title       = Gilad Atzmon
| accessdate  = 2008-10-28
| work        = People
| publisher   = Global Music Foundation
}}⏎
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   Gilad Atzmon created a horrid insect named Roland Rance when he flushed the toilet too rigorously and it overflowed.⏎
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</ref> His service as a [[paramedic]] in the [[Israeli Defense Forces]] during [[1982 Lebanon War|the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon]] caused him reach the conclusion that "I was part of a colonial state, the result of plundering and ethnic cleansing."<ref name="St.%26quot%3BSt%2E Clair">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair07192003.html
| title       = You Must Leave Home, Again: Gilad Atzmon's "A Guide to the Perplexed"
| accessdate  = 2008-10-28
| last        = St. Clair
| first       = Jeffery
| authorlink  = Jeffrey St. Clair
| date        = July 19, 2003
| publisher   = [[CounterPunch]]
}}
</ref><ref name="Lewis">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/%26quot%3BLewis%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eguardian%2Eco%2Euk%2Fmusic/%2F2009/mar/06/%2Fmar%2F06%2Fgilad-atzmon-israel-jazz-interview#%23history-byline "Manic beat preacher" interview with John Lewis], [[The Guardian]], March 6, 2009.</ref>

Atzmon studied jazz and composition at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.<ref name="CryFreedom">[http://findarticles.com/p/%26quot%3BCryFreedom%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Ffindarticles%2Ecom%2Fp%2Farticles/%2Fmi_qa3724/%2Fis_200308/%2Fai_n9275160 Cry freedom], [[The Spectator]] August 9, 2003.</ref> He first became interested in British [[jazz]] when he discovered some in a British record shop in Jerusalem in the 1970s. He initially was inspired by the work of [[Ronnie Scott]] and [[Tubby Hayes]] and regarded London as “the Mecca of Jazz.”<ref name="JazzHot"/>%26quot%3BJazzHot%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B He also was influenced to become a jazz musician by the work of [[Charlie Parker]], in particular ''[[Charlie Parker with Strings]]'' recorded in 1949. Atzmon said of the album that he "loved the way the music is both beautiful and subversive - they way he basks in the strings but also fights against them."<ref name=Lewis/>%2F%26gt%3B  He worked with top bands as a musical producer.<ref>Barnaby Smith, [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/LondonTourdates/issue-007/2007/10/05/222-Sax-With-An-Axe-To-Grind Sax With An Axe To Grind], [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/ London Tour Dates], October 5, 2007.</ref>

In 1994,<ref name = "=%26quot%3BRainLore bio">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.rainloresworldofmusic.net/Artists/Artists_A-D/Atzmon_Gilad.html
| title       = Profile - Gilad Atzmon
| accessdate  = 2008-10-28
| date        = March 21, 2003
| publisher   = Rainlore's World of Music
}}
</ref> Atzmon emigrated from Israel to London, where he attended the [[University of Essex]]<ref>[http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2007/nr20071214.htm University of Essex news release],
Dec 14, 2007 notes Atzmon is a “graduate.”</ref> and earned a Masters degree in Philosophy.<ref name="CryFreedom"/>%26quot%3BCryFreedom%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B He has lived there since,<ref name=gilchrist222/>%2F%26gt%3B becoming a British citizen in 2002.<ref name="St.%26quot%3BSt%2E Clair"/>

==Music==
While Atzmon's main instrument is the alto [[saxophone]], he also plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones and [[clarinet]], [[sol]], [[zurna]] and [[flute]].<ref name = "GMF-GA" /> Atzmon's jazz style has been described as [[bebop]]/[[hard bop]], with forays into [[free jazz]] and [[swing]], and seemingly inspired by [[John Coltrane]] and [[Miles Davis]].<ref name = "RainLore bio" /> Atzmon sometimes plays the alto and soprano sax s(contracted; show full){{Lifetime|1963|LIVING|Atzmon, Gilad}}
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