Israeli-born pianist and composer Ari Erev started playing the piano at the age of 4. His first teacher was his amateur-pianist father and he later studied under Mrs. Silvia Cohen of Tel-Aviv. At the age of 17, after forming and leading a number of contemporary music bands, the exciting sounds of jazz hooked him. Over the years, he studied jazz and improvisation with Dr. Zvi Keren, one of Israel's premiere teachers of musicians and composers, pianists Nahum Perperkovich and Arik Strauss, and with arranger and composer Ilan Mociach at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv.
Throughout his performance career, Ari has worked and cooperated with many Israeli artists, including pop/rock singer Gali Atari and composer Yael German. Jazz musicians with whom he has performed include saxophonists Robert Anchipolovsky (Phil Woods) and Ofer Shapira, bassists Yorai Oron (“Noa”), Udi Kazmirski, Vinnie Venkov and Kobi Hass, drummers Gideon Pasahov and Yoav Zohar, guitarist Ofer Ganor and with vocalist Julia Feldman.
He performs regularly with vocalist Tami Kelly including a special production for the 20th anniversary of the Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival.
Ari plays and performs in Israel’s top jazz clubs, including "Yellow Submarine" in Jerusalem, "Milestone" in Binyamina and "Shablul Jazz" in Tel-Aviv, as well as on Israeli radio and TV. He composed music for the documentary “Bokito” in 1983 (directed by Reuven Hacker and Shalev Vaynes), has played in a few theater plays, and has served as the musical director for a number of vocalists' jazz productions. He also teaches piano jazz improvisation.
For the past several years, Ari has led a jazz trio performing a tribute program to the music of Bill Evans. Some musical samples from this program, entitled “Jazz From the Heart,” can be found on Ari's site (at: http://www.arierev.com/mehalev).
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Ari - super great album! I really like modulating from Eb to F an back on "It Could Happen 2U" and the 1/2 time feel on "I remember U". Great renditions of the Bill Evans tunes, and the Israeli tunes fit so well - a very consistent story from beginning to end! Great recording and playing by all of you. Congratulations on a great album.
הי ארי ביום שבת הקרוב 21.2 בשעה 22:00 יש לי הופעה מטורפת של השישייה שלי במעודון שבלול בנמל תל אביב ננגן חומר מהתקליט שיצא וגם קטעים חדשים בהשמעת בכורה רועי חרמון - חצוצרה עופר שפירא - סקסופון אלט קובי סלומון - סקסופון טנור שי מעוז - פסנתר דניאל ספיר - קונטרבס רועי אוליאל - תופים נשמח לראותך שם רועי
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