Roots and Roads by Yossi Sassi Band
All music & lyrics by Yossi Sassi, except “The Explorientals”: Music by Yossi Sassi, Or Lubianiker, Shay Ifrah, Roei Fridman , Ben Azar
Produced by Yossi Sassi
The Yossi Sassi band
Yossi Sassi – Vocals, Guitars (Electric, Nylon-String, Acoustic, 7-Strings), Bouzoukitara, Bouzouki, Charango, Oud, Saz, Chumbush, Keyboards on “Madame TwoSouls”, “Road Less
Traveled”
Or Lubianiker – Electric Bass
Shay Ifrah – Drums
Ben Azar – Guitar solos 2 and 3 on “Palm Dance”, Electric Guitar on “The Explorientals”
Sapir Fox – Vocals (“Road Less Traveled”, “Bird Without A Tree”, choir on “Wings”)
Roei Fridman – Percussion
Guest musicians
Zaher Zorgati – Vocals on “The Religion Of Music”
Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal – Guitar solos 1 and 4 on “Palm Dance”
Diana Golbi – Vocals on “Root Out”
Roy Zu-arets – Piano
Yoav Efron – Keyboards on “Wings”, “Rizes Kai Dromoi”, “The Religion Of Music”, “Thundercloud”
Bob Katsionis – Hammond and additional keyboards on “Rizes Kai Dromoi”
Ariel Qassis – Kanun
Daniel Hoffman – Violins
Itzhak Ventura – Arabic, Turkish and Persian Ney
Danielle Sassi – Flute
Yankale Segal – Fretless Bass on “Bird without a tree”
Assaf Perelmuter – Lap steel, Diddley bow
Harel Shachal – Clarinet
Dan Piloni Kark, Jonathan Jacobi, Liron Schaffer – Choiron “Wing”
Management & Production Management: Raya Kosovsky
Cover art sculpture: “Suspended orange tree” by Ran Morin,
environmental sculpture & planning
Cover, booklet artwork and photos by Irene Serrano Espejo
Cover art photo by Cobe Tamshes
Band photo by Ami Bornstein
Album Design by Guy Nakash
Legal consulting: Ivri, Kerner & Co .Law Offices
Special thanks to our families and Jeremy Shotts
Engineered and recorded by Liron Schaffer at Jaffa Sound Arts, Tel-Aviv Jaffa
Assistant engineer – Aner Baruch
Guitars technician – Benjamin Millar
Drums technician – Ami Bornstein
Zaher Zorgati recorded by Kevin Codfert @ X-Fade studio
Mixed by Liron Schaffer at Jaffa Sound Arts
Mastered by Jonathan Jacobi at Jaffa Sound Arts
Pre-production & additional recordings by Yossi Sassi at Simplyossi studios
Madame On Steroids:
Arranged by Ben Azar
Guitars recorded by Ben Azar at Ben Azar’s studios
Ben Azar – Guitars
Or Lubianiker – Bass
Shay Ifrah – Drums
Mixed by Liron Schaffer at Jaffa Sound Arts
Quarter to Rizes:
Arranged by Roei Fridman, Yakir Sasson and Elyasaf Bashari
Recorded at Extension Studios by Yakir Sasson
Yakir Sasson – Trumpet
Elyasaf Bashari – Oud, Bass
Mixed by Aner Baruch at Jaffa Sound Arts
“Thundercloud” is dedicated to anyone who lost a dear person.
In loving memory of Shmuel (Shmil) Yair (the biggest heart ever),
Shay Milstein (the midey lives forever) and Amira Salach, my
beloved grandmother. To my father David Sassi, recovering from a
hard stroke – You gave me all the wings I need.
