Dani Litani

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Dani Litani

Dani Litani , also Danny Litani, Danny Litany ( Hebrew דני ליטני), actually Dan Litowski ( Hebrew דן ליטובסקי), (born June 30, 1943 in Haifa ) is an Israeli musician and actor .

Life

He was born in Haifa with the name Dan Litowski. He began playing the piano at the age of six. He grew up in Jerusalem and then lived in the kibbutzim En haSchofet and Sha'ar HaAmakim, where he learned to play the accordion and guitar.

He returned to Haifa at the age of 17 and began listening to blues and soul during this time . There he founded the band ha-Krischim (הכרישים; Eng .: sharks). After his military service he founded the band ha-Rawakim (הרווקים; Eng .: bachelors).

As an actor at the same time at the theater in Haifa he appeared in the plays Golden Days (יָמִים שֶׁל זָהָב, Jamin schel sahaw), He walked through the fields (הוא הלך בשדות, hu halach bisdot), Hersch Ostropoler (הרשלה מאוסטרופולי) and Richard III . on.

Shimon Israeli

After the Six Day War , the band ha-Rawakim turned into a professional band and could be heard on the radio program, which was directed by Shimon Israeli . The band now changed their name to ha-Namer ha-Norai (הנמר הנוראי; Eng .: The terrible leopard). The band now joined Jackie Hirsch (ג'קי הירש) and Louis Blatt (לואי להב).

In 1968 he played in the musical He Was a Hasid (איש חסיד היה).

In 1970 he recorded his music for the first time as a soloist: Three within three million (שלושה מתוך שלושה מיליונים, schloscha mitoch schloscha millionim). He was inspired by the music of Bob Dylan . At that time he moved to Tel Aviv . As part of the Hebraization (עברות, Iwrut) of his name, “Litowski” was now called “Litani”. Then he met the Israeli singer Drora Hawkin (1934-1995) (דרורה חַבקין) know, who became his partner.

In the 1970s he composed several songs to the texts of Leah Goldberg , including One day they will stand like a wall between us [The secretive actions and emotions] (יום בו יקום בינינו כחומה […] כל רגש), Mein Bach ( נחל שלי), And there was nothing between us except sunshine (ולֹא היה בינינו אלא זוהר), and handed it over to the singer Cilla Dagan Katzman (1946-2004; צילה דגן-קצמן). Innovative and modern in terms of sound and style, these songs were a novelty in the Israeli pop world.

In 1974 he worked on a series of duets with Sandra Johnson Bendor (סנדרה ג'ונסון בנדור) as part of a radio broadcast on American folk songs.

In the mid-1970s he sang in two performances of comedies / satires by Jehonatan Geffen (יהונתן גפן): That's all now. In the meantime, that's all (זה הכול בינתיים בינתיים זה הכול) from 1974 and letters to the editor (מכתבים למערכת) from 1976.

He played the guitar and harmonica in particular . He sang covers of songs by artists from home and abroad, including songs by Shalom Hanoch (שלום חנוך), Bob Dylan, the Nahal Brigade (להקת הנח"ל, Lahakat Hanachal), by Jehonatan Geffen and by Meir Ariel (מאיר אריאל) He has performed frequently with artists such as Ronnie Peterson , Shalom Hanoch and others.

In March 1978 he released his debut album Warm (יחס חם).

In 1979 he gave a solo concert called Zwischenzeit (זמן ביניים), with songs to the texts of Jehuda Amichai , Rachel Schapira (רחל שפירא), Jehonatan Geffen and Natan Sach . 1980 Litani appeared as an actor and singer in the musical TV show Aluf Ba-Zlut we-Aluf Schum (אלוף בצלות ואלוף שום), a musical by Chaim Nachman Bialik .

In 1992 his album buffer time (תקופת החיץ) came out. In the same year he played the role of Czerniak in the film Life According to Agfa - Night Shooting of Assi Dajan . He also sang in the movie At This Place (במקום הזה); the songs were later re-recorded for the next album. In 1993 the film Golem in a circle (גולם במעגל) was released; in this film he appeared as an actor and singer.

Together with Danny Robas (דני רובס), Yoel Lerner (יואל לרנר) and Ori Harpaz (אורי הרפז) he formed the ensemble four by four (ארבע על ארבע) in 1999.

2001 Litani gave a joint concert with Danny Robas and a joint concert with the blues guitarist Ronnie Peterson. In 2007 he made a show with American guitarist Bucky Baxter. This included interpretations of Dylan's songs in addition to songs that Litani had composed himself.

In February 2008, his double album came Subtotal (סיכום ביניים) out. The content consisted of a documentation of the work from the 1970s. The album also contained the single Something to Fall Asleep (ונישן קצת), written and composed by his son Ron Litani. The single was also played on the radio.

He has also worked on dubbing children's cartoons including The Jungle Book , Dumbo , Ariel, the Mermaid , Governor Ratcliffe , Pocahontas and Robin Hood .

Discography (selection)

  • Säh ha-Kol bajintaim (זה הכול בינתיים; eng. That's all now ; en .: Ze Hakol Bayntaim ), 1974
  • Michtawim l'ma'arechet (מכתבים למערכת; en .: Letters to the Editor ), 1976
  • Jachas cham (יחס חם; en .: Very Together ), 1978
  • Ha-bazaar ha-gadol (הבזאר הגדול; en .: Big Bazaar ), 1978
  • Shamajim (שמיים; Eng. Heaven ; en .: Shamaim ), 1980
  • T'kufat ha-Chaitz (תקופת החיץ; en .: Tkufat Hachaitz ), 1992
  • Min-Out (מין-אאוט; en .: Sex Out ), 1994
  • Sikum benajim (סכום בינים; dt. Subtotal ; s .: Interim Report ), 2008

Sources from the article on he-WP

Web links

Commons : Dani Litani  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ דני ליטני on rateyourmusic.com in English
  2. ^ Dani Litani in the Internet Movie Database (English) in English
  3. ^ Image of the volume The terrible leopard .
  4. ↑ Description of the volume: The terrible leopard on ivrith (Israeli).
  5. ↑ Presentation of all the work of the band: The terrible leopard on ivrith (Israeli).
  6. ↑ Picture from the musical: He was a Hasid
personal data
SURNAME Litani, Dani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Litani, Danny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli singer and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Haifa