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Cover art of *In & Out* (2019), Tal Yadin's debut album as composer and bandleader. No CC-licensed or public-domain photograph of Yadin could be found; this cover is used as the only available image connected to him, per the site's disclosed album-cover fallback convention. Saved locally as `portrait.jpg`. Album cover art (not a CC-licensed artist photo). Artwork credited to Danielle Tönurist; photography credited to Hila Ido, per the album's own Bandcamp credits. This is an honestly disclosed editorial stand-in, not a free-licensed image; the licensing status of the cover art itself is unconfirmed beyond the credit line. — Retrieved from the album's own Bandcamp page, https://talyadin.bandcamp.com/album/in-out, image asset hosted at https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3776821734_10.jpg.
Tal Yadin was born in Jerusalem and raised on a kibbutz in the remote Israeli desert. He started on drums before taking up guitar at ten, studied classical guitar with Israeli-Argentinian guitarist Oscar Cher, and switched to jazz and electric guitar at fifteen. He is a graduate of the Rimon School of Music in Tel Aviv and the Jerusalem Academy of Music, studying jazz performance and composition, before relocating to Berlin in 2016 to pursue a musical career in Europe.
In Berlin he built a career as a working guitarist, composer, producer and session player — his session profile lists genres spanning Americana, folk, jazz, pop-rock and soundtrack work — and as a private guitar teacher. His debut album as a composer and bandleader, In & Out, was self-released on Bandcamp on May 24, 2019, recorded at Mazkeka Studios in Jerusalem in May 2018 with double bassist Michael Edwards and drummer Yaaki Levy, mixed and mastered by Emanuele Baratto at Big Snuff Studio, Berlin. No independent press coverage of the album has been found; it appears to be a self-released record without third-party review.
In Berlin he became close with saxophonist and flutist Omri Abramov, with whom he formed the duo project Big Berry, releasing an album in January 2026; Abramov also plays on Yadin's second full-length, Cycle of Seven (2025), alongside drummer Daniel Dor and keyboardist Doron Segal. Yadin has toured as a band member with Finnish soul-blues singer Ina Forsman, playing major European jazz festivals including Leverkusener Jazztage, Jazztage Dresden, Musikfest Bremen and Jazzopen Stuttgart. His own bio also lists session and performance credits with Sistanagila, Liraz, Tehila Nini Goldstein, Ana Rocha, and several other artists.
Yadin's recorded output sits in a working-guitarist's version of post-bop — original compositions for guitar trio on In & Out, expanding to a more collaborative, feature-driven sound on Cycle of Seven and the Big Berry project with Omri Abramov. Unlike several other Berlin-based Israeli jazz musicians this project has researched, no independent journalism or critical reception of his work was found; his profile here is necessarily built from his own self-published materials (official site, Bandcamp, Discogs artist bio) rather than third-party reviews, and it should be read with that in mind.
Verified against the live Discogs API, Bandcamp, and Spotify. Discogs artist ID 11010053. His own leader albums are not catalogued on Discogs — his only Discogs presence is as a sideman on two other artists' releases.
| Year | Title | Personnel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | In & Out | Tal Yadin (electric guitar), Michael Edwards (double bass), Yaaki Levy (drums) | Recorded Mazkeka Studios, Jerusalem, May 2018. Mixed/mastered by Emanuele Baratto, Big Snuff Studio, Berlin. Released May 24, 2019. 8 tracks. No Discogs entry (confirmed via a direct Discogs search returning zero results). |
| 2025 | Cycle of Seven | Featuring Daniel Dor (drums), Omri Abramov (sax/flute), Doron Segal (keys) | Mixed/mastered by Guy Sternberg, LowSwing Studios. |
| 2026 | Big Berry | Duo with Omri Abramov | Released January 23, 2026. |
| Year | Title (Artist) | Label | Catalog | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Susuma (Jembaa Groove) | Agogo Records | AR155CD / AR155VL | One of 26 credited musicians. |
| 2023 | Grains (Move 78) | Village Live | TVI050 | One of 18 credited musicians, 45 RPM limited edition. |
Artist ID 5lJ2wPGCUd6uf2AJ6mJ57M, confirmed via matching track list (Cycle Of Seven, Here There, Synchronic Blues, In & Out, and tracks featuring Omri Abramov). Monthly-listener figures reported around 1.1K in search but not independently re-confirmed via direct page load.