About
Whether performing in a packed European festival with his trio, or playing a late-night solo piano concert in a Tel-Aviv jazz club, pianist Ari Erev’s music always tells a story.
His highly melodic and richly harmonious music is rooted in the tradition of great modern jazz trios (Evans, Jarrett, Barron). At the same time, it draws substantial inspiration from energetic, fresh Latin rhythms, and from Israeli music, producing a mature voice of his own, as showcased in his latest album "Close to Home".
Described by 'All About Jazz' as “one of the finest pianists on the international jazz scene today” and praised by 'Bebop Spoken Here' for his “wonderful and beautiful… superb synergy of jazz and world music,... inspired, and spontaneous musicianship”, his audiences are deeply moved by the warm atmosphere he creates, where personal experiences are reflected in the music he performs.
Playing in some distinguished European venues and Jazz festivals, Erev cooperated with outstanding international musicians: Joel Frahm and Freddie Hendrix (USA), Rosta Fras (Czechia), Felice Reggio (Italy), Agnes Lakatos and Tibor Csuhaj Barna (Hungary), and Yuval Cohen ("3 Cohens"), to name a few.
"...expressive playing style and clever compositions, ...one of the finest pianists on the international jazz scene today."
"Beautiful Waltz, modulations that generate hope, bounties and consonance..."
"...an artist (that) shines with the unalloyed beauty, accessibility and blitheness... ...compositional mastery..."
"One of the most creative Israeli jazz albums I've listened to... Colorful, melodic music, full of emotion and sensitive playing. What else can one ask for?" (Translated)
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Highlights
Some noteable Highlights include:
- Appearance in four European Jazz Festivals - 2022-2023 (with Ari Erev Trio, and Ari Erev 'European Trio' ).
- A Full-House "Close to Home" album release concert.
- A Sold-out performance of his original music, in the Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival.
- Releasing four albums, based mainly on his original compositions.
- Playing alongside prestigious musicians such as Joel Frahm, Freddie Hendrix (USA) and Felice Reggio (Italy).
- Tours in Europe - in Germany, Denmark, Poland, Czechia and Hungary, where he performed at notable venues such as: Reduta Jazz Club (Prague), B-Flat Jazz Club (Berlin) and OPUS Jazz Club (Budapest).
- Regularly performing in Tel-Aviv leading Jazz clubs such as "Shablul Jazz Club" and "Beit Haamudim".
Albums
Latest Album: "Close to Home"
"Close to Home" tells the story of family members, close friends and familiar places, to whom we relate and feel deep emotions towards. The music melds highly-melodic Jazz, wrapped in rich harmony textures and Latin-inspired rhythms with soulful sound and sensitive playing conveying deep emotions and an artistically-performed personal voice.
"True twenty first century modern jazz sensibilities...
remarkable tonality and improvisational skills... Superbly presented...
Greatly enhances the profile of Israeli jazz on the world scene."
"...Beautifully melodic, with strong rhythmic presence...Erev is a wonderful songweaver... His magic touch on the keyboard is pure delight... with glimpses of Bill Evans lurking from above.
Another solid addition to Erev's recorded legacy, and a fine portrait of the diversity of Israeli Jazz... Highly recommended,"
"Ever the melodicist and bestower of hope and light... beauty which clearly amplifies its overarching title...
There's a warmth and a focus that... reflects the album theme.
'Falling in Place' is certainly an irresistible, tightly executed, good-time gem!"
"a pianist with a very rich imagination and an unlimited spectrum of perceiving the smallest subtleties and weaving them into refined sound structures.
...music (that is) elevated to the highest degree of color...
...a coherent, beautiful story, full of lyrical elation, lightness and natural openness...
A real dream team !"
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"...Great music that is melodic, complex, surprising and very pleasing to the ear."
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"Unusually lyrical pianist, a sort of Israeli Bill Evans,,..."
"Flow"
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"Flow" is a personal and artistically-performed album which combines percussive Latin rhythms and rich harmonies of post-bop Jazz with gentle and expressive piano touch.
"excellent new material,... a remarkable performance from a gifted artist whose expressive playing style and clever compositions, elevate him as one of the finest pianists on the international jazz scene today."
"Beautiful Waltz, modulations that generate hope, bounties and consonance..."
"A Handful of Changes"
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"A Handful of Changes" (2012), features Joel Frahm on saxophones,
and combines Latin-flavored jazz compositions with modern straight ahead Jazz, creating a colorful set, full of variety and inspired playing.
"...A masterful arrangement of emotion and sound..."
Gili Karev, MidnightEast.com.
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"About Time"
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"About Time" (2008) features a
piano Jazz trio playing a lyrical and emotional mix of Jazz standards, original compositions and Jazz arrangement of Israeli songs.
All are performed with sensitive interplay that draws from the legacy of the great mainstream jazz trios.
"This album is jazz in its true form... 5 STARS.."
John Gilbert, eJazzNews.com.
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Video
From album: "Flow":
From album: "Flow":
From album: "A Handful of Changes":
From album: "A Handful of Changes":
Projects
Leads and is involved with the following projects:
Project: "Open Possibilities"
This is Ari Erev's main project, largely based on his original compositions and usually performed as Trio or Quartet settings.
The music combines Latin-flavored jazz compositions with modern, straight ahead Jazz, creating a colorful set, full of variety and inspired playing.
Aside from the original compositions, the program frequently includes a number of Israeli songs written by the top composers of Israeli contemporary music, such as composer Alexander "Sasha" Argov, as well as interpretation for some carefully-selected, beautiful Jazz standards.
"...A masterful arrangement of emotion and sound..."
Gili Karev, MidnightEast.com.
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From album: "A Handful of Changes":
Project: "Havana Nights"
Inspired by the music of central and south America, the Nocturno quartet plays the music of these countries' great composers: Jose Sabre Marroquin (Mexico), Martin Rojaz (Cuba), Astor Piazzola (Argentine), Hermeto Pascoal (Brazil), among others.
Using these wonderful compositions as a base,
the quartet integrates the romantic elements of
Cuban and Mexican Bolero's, and the Latin
tempi of south America, and adds its own
modern Jazz interpretation and open
improvisation, blending it with original and
middle-eastern material.
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Vocalist: Anna Spitz
Upcoming Events
With: Valerii Rovinski - doublebass
Contra Bar, 14 Massarik St. Tel-Aviv
Doors: 19:30 Music: 20:30
With: Matan Jakob - doublebass
Landwer Caffe, 95 Sokolov St. Ramat Hasharon, 20:00
With: Yonatan Cohen - Bass
Philippe Gottlieb - Drums
"Beit Jamal" Monestary.
Directions: On road 38 southbard towards Beit Shemesh.
1.5 Km after Beit Shemesh, take left to Beit Jamal Monestary.
With: Valerii Rovinskii - doublebass
Philippe Gottlieb - drums
Wine Story Bar, 13 Ha-Maccabim. Modi'in
Doors: 18:00 Music: 20:00
With: Yonatan Levi - Bass
Itai Kahn - Drums
Ilana Gur Museum,
4 Mazal Dagim, Old Jaffa. Reservation: 03-6837676
With: Gilad Dobrecky (percussion), Anna Spitz (vocals), Tal Feder (Bass), Kobi Salomon (Saxophon)
Shablul Jazz Club
Reservations: Here
With: Tal Feder - doublebass
Amit Lorber - drums
Home Concert, Tivon
Call 050-7635229 for details
With: Philippe Gottlieb - Drums
11/4 - Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Krakow (Alan Wykpisz - bass)
13/4 - The Cotton Club, Hamburg (Tom Richter - bass)
14/4 - Zurich
15/4 - Bazel
With: Tal Feder - doublebass
Amit Lorber - drums
Shablul Jazz Club
23 Karlibach St. Tel-Aviv.
Reservations: Will be available later
With: Philippe Gottlieb - Drums
Tom Richter - Bass (in Pinneberg)
Johannes Schauer - Bass (in Berlin)
Thomas Hähnlein - Sax. (in Berlin)
14/11 - "Jazz Im Foyer", Pinneberg
15/11 - B-Flat Jazz Club, Berlin
Past Events
Contact
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