Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (born 1975) is an American bassist and oud player who has recorded and performed extensively with Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits, Daniel Zamir's Satlah, Rashanim, Pharaoh's Daughter, and John Zorn. Blumenkranz studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the Rimon School of Music in Israel, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2012 he released the first album under his leadership Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 featuring compositions by John Zorn. Blumenkranz was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

As leader

 * Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (Tzadik, 2013)
 * Psychomagia (Tzadik, 2014) with Abraxas

With others
With Aram Bajakian With Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits With Christina Courtin With Eyal Maoz With Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana With Jon Madof With Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon With Pharaoh's Daughter With Pitom With Jamie Saft With Basya Schechter With Daniel Zamir's Satlah With John Zorn With dálava
 * Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011)
 * Banquet of the Spirits (Tzadik, 2008)
 * Infinito (Tzadik, 2009)
 * Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 (Tzadik, 2011)
 * Christina Courtin (Nonesuch, 2009)
 * Peasant Songs (Piadrum, 2002) - with Lemon Juice Quartet
 * Hope and Destruction (Tzadik, 2009)
 * Climbing the Banyan Tree (Cleanfeed, 2005)
 * Rashanim (Tzadik, 2003)
 * Masada Rock (Tzadik, 2005) as Rashanim
 * Shalosh (Tzadik, 2006) as Rashanim
 * The Gathering (Tzadik, 2009) as Rashanim
 * Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013)
 * Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22 (Tzadik, 2014)
 * Set the Hammer Free (2010)
 * Haran (OY, 2007)
 * Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes (Tzadik, 2011)
 * A Bag of Shells (Tzadik, 2010)
 * Queen's Dominion (Tzadik, 2004)
 * Songs of Wonder (Tzadik, 2011)
 * Satlah (Tzadik, 2000)
 * Exodus (Tzadik, 2001)
 * Children of Israel (Tzadik, 2002)
 * Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)
 * The Unknown Masada (Tzadik, 2003)
 * Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion (Tzadik, 2005)
 * Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death (Tzadik, 2005)
 * Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (Tzadik, 2006)
 * Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (Tzadik, 2006)
 * Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (Tzadik, 2008)
 * In Search of the Miraculous (Tzadik, 2010)
 * Mount Analogue (Tzadik, 2012)
 * dálava (dalavamusic.com, 2014)