Is He Listening? is the fourth album by Koby Israelite, the last under the Tzadik label. It was recorded and mixed at Bamba Studios in London in 2008.

Is He Listening?
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2009
GenreAvant-garde, folk, world, country, jazz, rock
Length51:01
LabelTzadik
ProducerKoby Israelite
Koby Israelite chronology
Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4
(2006)
Is He Listening?
(2009)
King Papaya
(2009)
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Review scores
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Track listing edit

  1. Joy - 5:48
  2. Papa Don´t Trill - 5:30
  3. Easy Listening - 5:34
  4. Out to Lounge - 5:31
  5. Shmekeria - 4:31
  6. Adon Haselichot - 3:42
  7. Almost There but Not Quite - 3:00
  8. Under the Apricot Tree - 4:48
  9. Self Hating Blues - 2:53
  10. Two Stone Down - 2:15
  11. Paulina In the Skype - 3:54
  12. Just Like Everybody Else - 6:15

Personnel edit

Accordion, Drums, Percussion, Cajón, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone Soprano, Bass, Vocals

  • Yaron Stavi
    Bass, Vocals
  • Tigran Aleksanyan
    Duduk, Clarinet (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10)
  • Michael Israelite
    Bass, Dumbek, Vocals (tracks 3, 6)
  • Marius Manole
    Accordion (tracks 5, 12)
  • Ofir Gal
    Guitar (tracks 1, 11)
  • Joe Taylor
    Oud (track 6)
  • Mor Karbasi
    Vocals (track 6)
  • John Telfer
    Baritone Saxophone (track 10)
  • Roy Shabat
    Trumpet (track 11)
  • Koby Israelite
    Composition, Production, recording, Mix
  • John Zorn
    Executive Producer
  • Scott Hull
    Mastering (2)

References edit