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'''Pharaoh's Daughter''' is a world music band from [[New York City]].


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==Description==
|name = Pharaoh's Daughter
|background = group_or_band
|alias =
|origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], USA
|genre = [[Jewish rock]], [[psychedelic folk]], [[world music]]
|years_active = 1995-present
|label = Orchard, [[Knitting Factory Records|Knitting Factory]], [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]], OY
|website = {{URL|pharaohsdaughter.com}}
|current_members = [[Basya Schechter]]<br>Daphna Mor<br>[[Meg Okura]]<br>Yuval Lion<br>[[Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz]]<br>[[Jason Lindner]]<br>Mathias Kunzli<br>Uri Sharlin
|past_members = Noah Hoffeld<br>Daniel Freedman<br>Alan Kashan
}}


'''Pharaoh's Daughter''' is an American Jewish [[world music]] band from [[New York City]]. Formed in 1995 by [[Basya Schechter]].
Blending a psychedelic sensibility and a pan-Mediterranean sensuality, Basya Schechter leads her band, Pharaoh's Daughter, through swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings and electronica.Her sound has been cultivated by her Hasidic music background and a series of trips to the Middle East, Africa, Israel, Egypt, Central Africa, Turkey, Kurdistan and Greece.


== History ==
Basya Schechter (lead vocals, [[oud]], guitar, [[saz]]). Other band members have included Daphna Mor (recorders, [[zurna]], [[ney]], [[melodica]], backup vocals), Meg Okura (violin), Yuval Lion (drums), Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass, oud), Uri Sharlin (keys,accordion), Matias Kunzli (percussion), Alan Kashan ([[santur]]).
[[Basya Schechter]] formed Pharaoh's Daughter in 1995 while attending [[Barnard College]].<ref name="ljw">{{cite web |author1=Natalie Bogan |date=Feb 3, 2005 |title=Pharaoh's Daughter shaped by founder's world travels |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/feb/03/pharaohs_daughter_shaped/ |publisher=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]}}</ref> The band's name is a reference to Schechter's given name, a [[Yiddish]] variant of the Biblical daughter of [[Pharaohs in the Bible|Pharaoh]], [[Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus)|Bithiah]].<ref name="csmonitor">{{cite web |author1=Matthew Shaer |date=Aug 5, 2010 |title=Pharaoh's Daughter lead singer mines her ultra-Orthodox roots for melodies |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2010/0805/Pharaoh-s-Daughter-lead-singer-mines-her-ultra-Orthodox-roots-for-melodies |publisher=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]}}</ref> They debuted in 1999 with the independent album ''Daddy's Pockets'' and were signed to [[Knitting Factory Records]] later that year.<ref name="village voice">{{cite web |author1=Toni Schlesinger |author-link1=Toni Schlesinger |date=Nov 23, 1999 |title=Basya Schechter |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/basya-schechter-6420187 |publisher=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> The label then released the band's second album, ''Out of the Reeds'' (2000). Their 2014 album ''Dumiyah'' was produced by [[Jamshied Sharifi]] and featured contributions from [[Steven Bernstein (musician)|Steven Bernstein]], [[Shir Yaakov|Shir Yaakov Feit]], [[Adam Levy (musician)|Adam Levy]], [[Mauro Refosco]], and [[Marcus Rojas]].<ref name="tablet2">{{cite web |author1=Sara Ivry |date=Sep 29, 2014 |title=Basya Schechter Mixes Prayer Songs With Brass, Oud, and Radiohead |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/185016/basya-schechter |publisher=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] |format=podcast}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Dumiyah - Pharaoh's Daughter {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dumiyah-mw0002702129/credits |access-date=2023-04-09 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Musleah |first=Rahel |date=2015-02-10 |title=Dumiyah |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2015/02/10/dumiyah/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=[[Hadassah Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref>


Group members have been involved in a variety of other notable projects. In particular, Basya Schechter has released two solo albums and has performed with the groups [[Darshan (band)|Darshan]] and [[The Epichorus]].<ref name="forage">{{cite news |last=Spence |first=Rebecca |url= https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/forage-the-earth-and-make-it-beautiful |title=Forage the Earth and Make It Beautiful |work=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] |date=March 14, 2017 |access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name="bridge">{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=George |url= https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/a-musical-bridge-between-cultures/ |title=A Musical Bridge Between Cultures |work=[[The Jewish Week]] |date=March 14, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=L'Oud and the Abstract Truth (Disc 1), by James Stone Goodman and the Epichorus |url=https://theepichorus.bandcamp.com/album/loud-and-the-abstract-truth-disc-1 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=the Epichorus |language=en}}</ref>
==Members==


== Musical style ==
===Basya Schechter===
Pharaoh's Daughter's sound draws from American [[Folk music|folk]], Jewish [[klezmer]], [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]], [[New-age music|new-age]], [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], and [[Middle Eastern music|Middle Eastern]] music.<ref name="homecoming">{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Ben |date=December 27, 2007 |title=Homecoming premiere for Jewish cool's mother |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |url=https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/music/homecoming-premiere-for-jewish-cools-mother |access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name="roots">{{cite news |last=Shaer |first=Matthew |date=August 5, 2010 |title=Pharaoh's Daughter lead singer mines her ultra-Orthodox roots for melodies |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2010/0805/Pharaoh-s-Daughter-lead-singer-mines-her-ultra-Orthodox-roots-for-melodies |access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Loiederman |first=Roberto |date=2018-02-28 |title=Darshan’s ‘Raza’: An Innovative Musical Adaptation of Kabbalat Shabbat |url=https://jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/231384/darshans-raza-innovative-musical-adaptation-kabbalat-shabbat/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


== Band members ==
She began retuning her guitar to sound like a cross between an Arabic oud and a Turkish saz, with harmonic minor melodies, and odd time signatures. With the many amazing musicians, named below and others as well she has recorded four albums, three with Pharaoh's Daughter and one instrumental exploration with Persian santur player, Alan Kushan. PD also appears on three Tzadik label compilations: Voices in the Wilderness, the 10 year of anniversary of Zorn's Masada compositions; a collection of Sasha Argov music; and, a Brazilian Jewish composer from earlier in the 20th century, Jacob Du Bandolim.


=== Current ===
Pharaoh's Daughter has toured extensively through America, Eastern and Western Europe, as well as Greece and the UK. This past summer, Pharaoh's Daughter had the honor of debuting at Central Park's Summer Stage series in August 2004, and has played such presigious stages as Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. When she's not touring or performing, Basya plays darbuka, riq and frame drum as part of the B'nai Jeshurun music ensemble that accompanies Friday night services.
*[[Basya Schechter]] — [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[guitar]], [[oud]], [[bağlama|saz]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Daphna Mor — [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorders]], [[zurna]], [[ney]], [[melodica]], vocals
*[[Meg Okura]] — [[violin]]
*[[Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz]] — [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Yuval Lion — [[drummer|drums]]
*[[Jason Lindner]] — [[rhodes piano]], [[electronic keyboard|keys]]
*Mathias Kunzli — percussion
*Uri Sharlin — [[accordion]], vocals


=== Former ===
Over the past two years, Basya was the recipient of numerous compositional and project grants from NYSCA (New York State Council of the Arts) American Composers Forum (for Trance, and multilayered sound and video installation collaboration with fillmaker Pearl Gluck) and the American Music Center. She hopes to record Pharaoh's Daughter's fifth album, Hagar, within the next year.


*Benoir - guitar, vocals
===Daphna Mor===
*Daniel Freedman — drums
*Noah Hoffeld — [[cello]]
*Alan Kashan — [[santur]]
*Jen Gilleran: tabla, vocals
*Martha Colby: cello, vocals
*Jarrod Cagwin: percussion (frame drums, clay drums, dumbek)
*Tracey Love-Wright: flute, clarinet, crumhorn, vocals


<ref>https://www.klezmershack.com/bands/pdaughter/reeds/pdaughter.reeds.html</ref>
Graduated as the valedictorian of her class in the Boston Conservatory of Music for recorder performance. She plays all size recorders from the sopranino to bass recorder. Daphna MorSteeped in the Rennaissance and Baroque, she brings with her the precision and fluidity of a classical musician, but the inventiveness and improvisational skills of a world street musician. In that spirit, over the last three years she has also included in her wind collection, the snakecharming sounds of the crumbhorn, the turkish outdoor party instrument, the Zurna, the melodica, the Armenian duduk, and is presently studying the classical Arabic flute, the ney. She helped found the all women New Amsterdam recorder trio, travels throughout Europe performing classical music, leads musical programs at the esteemed Metropolitan Museum, and is part of the musical ensemble which plays at B'nai Jeshurun on Friday nights.
<ref>https://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7187</ref>
<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Daddys-Pockets-BASYA-SCHECHTER/dp/B001CBW1BW</ref>
<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Exile-Pharaohs-Daughter/dp/B000CAK4GS</ref>


==Discography==
*''Daddy's Pockets'' (Orchard, 1999)
*''Out of the Reeds'' ([[Knitting Factory Records|Knitting Factory]], 2000) - rereleased on [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]] in 2004
*''Exile'' (Knitting Factory, 2002)
*''Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov'' [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]], 2003 The song "Anakhnu lo rakdanim" (we're not dancers) 5:01<ref>https://www.klezmershack.com/bands/argov/music/argov.music.html</ref>
*''Haran'' (OY, 2007)
*''Dumiyah'' (Magenta, 2014)


===Meg Okura===
==References==
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A virtuoso violinist and innovative improviser Meg Okura, has been seen in 65 countries through televisions and live performances. After receiving a Master's degree from the Juilliard School, Meg left the classical violin scene and started pursuing more contemporary music, performing and recording with some of the biggest names in music including David Bowie, Michael Brecker, Philip Glass, Jesse Harris, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow and Diane Reeves.

She has performed at the Kennedy Center with the late Alexander Schneider and the New York String Orchestra and wrote her first symphonic work " Fanfare", commissioned and premiered by the New York Symphonic Ensemble in 1998. She then began a journey into Jazz, which led to collaborations with Sarah Brightman, Eric Friedlander, Heidi Grant-Murphy, Darryl Hall, Susie Ibarra, Ziggy Marley, Sam Newsome, Jeremy Pelt, Elliot Sharp, Dave Soldier, and Steve Sacks. She became a member of the Grammy winning Michael Brecker Quindectet, a Jewish/Middle Eastern jazz group Pharaoh's Daughter, Cuban-Jewish band Septeto Rodriguez, and avant-garde string quartet "Sirius String Quartet." She has also been cast as the violinist for the Cirque du Soleil's "VAREKAI " and is also the first call sub for the jazz violin chair in the Big Apple Circus and played on the sound track for "THE AVIATOR" with the Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks. She is currently working on a record of her own contemporary originals.

===Yuval Lion===

Yuval Lion grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel and and after playing with Israel's top artists, moved to the US in 1997, where he has become one of the most sought after drummers in New York City.Yuval Lion Yuval has played and recorded with Joy Askew (Peter Gabriel, Joe Jackson), Warner Brothers recording artist Lizzie West, New York funk master Milo Z to name a few. Currently he tours and records regularly with two NYC rock acts — The Blam and Pink Noise — and makes national and international appearances with more ethnic ensembles like the Moshav Band, Michal Cohen's Henna Project and Pharaoh's Daughter. In all of his projects he has the masterful flexibility to fuse his uncompromising grooves with an array of ancient middle Eastern rhythms, hip hop, funk and rock and roll.

===Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz===

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz — acoustic/electric bass, oud —was born in 1975 in Brooklyn, NY. Shanir has recorded and performed extensively with Satlah, Rashanim, and Pharaoh's Daughter, all who have made many records on John Zorn's Tzadik label. Shani Ezra BlumenkranzOther CDs recorded for Tzadik include a compilation of music by Israeli composer "Sasha Argov", a compilation of music composed by Zorn called "Voices In The Wilderness" for the tenth year anniversary of his band Masada, a compilation of unheard Masada compositions called "Unkown Masada", a compilation of music by Brazilian composer "Jacob Du Bandolim", "John Zorn: Filmworks XV" featuring Zorn and Cyro Baptista, and a new CD by Basya Schechter called Queen's Dominion.

Other CDs which feature Shanir on bass and oud include "Chinatown" - Nottwo Records, featuring Daniel Carter. "Sextet 2003" - Parallactic Records, featuring Anthony Braxton and Sonny Simmons. Trio Tarana's "Climbing The Banyan Tree" - Cleen Feed Records, featuring Ravish Momin and Jason Kao Hwang. Shanir has performed in many clubs and festivals around the world, including a concert for BBC Radio in London with Zorn. Shanir is also a featured performer in the May 2000 issue of Bass Player Magazine.

Shanir has also collaborated with Ravi Coltrane, Fred Sherry, Satoshi Takeshi, Hank Roberts, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell Jr., Tony Malaby, Will Connell, Jon Madof, Daniel Zamir, Jenny Scheinman, Daniel Kelly, Eyal Maoz, Avishai Cohen, Kevin Zubek, Jazz Mandolin Project, Lemon Juice Quartet, George Garzone, Okkyung Lee, Brad Shepik, William Winant, Jim Puglesie, Jim Black, Jamie Saft, Anthony Coleman, Mark Dresser, Charlie Burnham, Sonny Simmons, Ned Rothenberg, Marty Ehrlich, Trevor Dunn, Sylvie Courvoisier, Susie Ibarra, Min Xiao-Fen, Michiyo Yagi, Kasu Uchihashi, Makigami Koichi, Cyro Baptista, Marc Ribot, Kenny Wollesen, Joey Baron, Anton Fier, Eric Friedlander, Mark Feldman, Roberto Rodriguez, Louie Belogenis, Ikue Mori, Bill Laswell, and John Zorn.

===Mathias Kunzli===

In 1995 at age 20, Mathias Kunzli, a member of the Swiss Jazz Orchestra was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. Some of his most prominent teachers included Jamey Haddad, Ian Froman and Hal Crook. After making his residence in NYC in 1998, he became a widely sought after drummer and percussionist to Lauryn Hill, Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, John Zorn's Electric Masada, Paul Winter Consort, Alessandra Belloni, Matt Dariau and Frank London to name a few. He has been hired for countless scores and recordings, ranging in styles from Pop, World, Classical, Jazz, Funk, Singer Songwriter. He is part of Rashanim, a trio with Shanir Blumenkranz and Jon Madof, who is one of the most prolific recording artists on Tzadik Records, with a sound that crosses boundaries into Jewish Middle Eastern, Eastern European Jazz and Jamband. Their appeal is wide both in America and abroad in Europe where they tour yearly.

===Uri Sharlin===

Walking a fine line between jazz and world music, the accordianist, pianist and compsoer Uri Sharlin has become an established musician in the New York scene and around the world. His knowledge of both Western and Middle Eastern music feeds his unique composition style, expressed in the music of his band Cardamon Quarteet. Living in New York for the past 7 years, Uri trained as both a classical nad jazz musician while participating in some of the most exciting world projects in the city. He recorded several albums inlcuding a first album with Cardamon Quartet. Uri also performed with bands inlculding Anistar, Kaiku, Sul Norte, Ayyuab as well as musicians Cliff Korman and Roberto Rodgriguez. Recently, Uri spent an extended period in Brazil learning Choro and Forro musical styles among others on accordion and percussion. In 2005 a three week tour with Anthon and the Johnsons brought him to such venues like Montreux Jazz Festival, Town Hall New York, and Royal Festival Hall in London.

==Discography==
*''Daddy's Pockets'' (1999)
*''Out of the Reeds'' (2000)
*''exile'' (2002)
*''Queen's Dominion'' (2004)
*''Haran'' (2007)


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.pharaohsdaughter.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.pharaohsdaughter.com/ Official Website]
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*{{musicbrainz artist|id=431a0ee0-ce6e-4127-b922-22128eb63520|name=Pharaoh's Daughter}}
*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=53164928 Pharaoh's Daughter on MySpace]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070510112444/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Pharaoh's Daughter on MySpace]

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For other uses, see Pharaoh's Daughter (disambiguation).
Pharaoh's Daughter
OriginNew York City, New York, USA
GenresJewish rock, psychedelic folk, world music
Years active1995-present
LabelsOrchard, Knitting Factory, Tzadik, OY
MembersBasya Schechter
Daphna Mor
Meg Okura
Yuval Lion
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Jason Lindner
Mathias Kunzli
Uri Sharlin
Past membersNoah Hoffeld
Daniel Freedman
Alan Kashan
Websitepharaohsdaughter.com

Pharaoh's Daughter is an American Jewish world music band from New York City. Formed in 1995 by Basya Schechter.

History

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Basya Schechter formed Pharaoh's Daughter in 1995 while attending Barnard College.[1] The band's name is a reference to Schechter's given name, a Yiddish variant of the Biblical daughter of Pharaoh, Bithiah.[2] They debuted in 1999 with the independent album Daddy's Pockets and were signed to Knitting Factory Records later that year.[3] The label then released the band's second album, Out of the Reeds (2000). Their 2014 album Dumiyah was produced by Jamshied Sharifi and featured contributions from Steven Bernstein, Shir Yaakov Feit, Adam Levy, Mauro Refosco, and Marcus Rojas.[4][5][6]

Group members have been involved in a variety of other notable projects. In particular, Basya Schechter has released two solo albums and has performed with the groups Darshan and The Epichorus.[7][8][9]

Musical style

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Pharaoh's Daughter's sound draws from American folk, Jewish klezmer, avant-garde, new-age, Renaissance, electronic, and Middle Eastern music.[10][11][12][6]

Band members

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Current

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Former

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  • Benoir - guitar, vocals
  • Daniel Freedman — drums
  • Noah Hoffeld — cello
  • Alan Kashan — santur
  • Jen Gilleran: tabla, vocals
  • Martha Colby: cello, vocals
  • Jarrod Cagwin: percussion (frame drums, clay drums, dumbek)
  • Tracey Love-Wright: flute, clarinet, crumhorn, vocals

[13] [14] [15] [16]

Discography

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  • Daddy's Pockets (Orchard, 1999)
  • Out of the Reeds (Knitting Factory, 2000) - rereleased on Tzadik in 2004
  • Exile (Knitting Factory, 2002)
  • Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov Tzadik, 2003 The song "Anakhnu lo rakdanim" (we're not dancers) 5:01[17]
  • Haran (OY, 2007)
  • Dumiyah (Magenta, 2014)

References

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  1. ^ Natalie Bogan (Feb 3, 2005). "Pharaoh's Daughter shaped by founder's world travels". Lawrence Journal-World.
  2. ^ Matthew Shaer (Aug 5, 2010). "Pharaoh's Daughter lead singer mines her ultra-Orthodox roots for melodies". The Christian Science Monitor.
  3. ^ Toni Schlesinger (Nov 23, 1999). "Basya Schechter". The Village Voice.
  4. ^ Sara Ivry (Sep 29, 2014). "Basya Schechter Mixes Prayer Songs With Brass, Oud, and Radiohead" (podcast). Tablet.
  5. ^ Dumiyah - Pharaoh's Daughter | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-04-09
  6. ^ a b Musleah, Rahel (2015-02-10). "Dumiyah". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  7. ^ Spence, Rebecca (March 14, 2017). "Forage the Earth and Make It Beautiful". Tablet. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ Robinson, George (March 14, 2018). "A Musical Bridge Between Cultures". The Jewish Week. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "L'Oud and the Abstract Truth (Disc 1), by James Stone Goodman and the Epichorus". the Epichorus. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  10. ^ Jacobson, Ben (December 27, 2007). "Homecoming premiere for Jewish cool's mother". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  11. ^ Shaer, Matthew (August 5, 2010). "Pharaoh's Daughter lead singer mines her ultra-Orthodox roots for melodies". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Loiederman, Roberto (2018-02-28). "Darshan's 'Raza': An Innovative Musical Adaptation of Kabbalat Shabbat". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  13. ^ https://www.klezmershack.com/bands/pdaughter/reeds/pdaughter.reeds.html
  14. ^ https://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7187
  15. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Daddys-Pockets-BASYA-SCHECHTER/dp/B001CBW1BW
  16. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Exile-Pharaohs-Daughter/dp/B000CAK4GS
  17. ^ https://www.klezmershack.com/bands/argov/music/argov.music.html
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