My current band includes Paul Mutzabaugh on organ and Darren Scorza on drums (oh...and me on guitar!)
At various times my bands have included Ben Paterson, Cory Biggerstaff, Mark Ziegler, Vance Okraszewski, Todd Boyce, Hyosub Kim, Joe Chellman, Daniel Thatcher, Bob Lovecchio, Derick Polk, Jess Birch, Ed Breazeale, Sharif Zaben, Adam Kraus, Alex Austin, Matt Ferguson, Mark Sonksen
Influences
Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Keith Jarrett, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bobby Broom, Von Freeman, George Benson, Peter Bernstein, Pat Metheny, Jonatha Brooke, Norah Jones, Steve Masakowski, Pat Martino
Ari is a jazz guitarist currently based in Chicago, although he is originally from the Washington, D.C. area. He has been playing guitar for about 16 years, and studying jazz for about 13 of those.
Currently Ari's main musical focus is playing his own compositions with his organ trio (and trying to better himself as a guitar player and composer!).
Our first show back @ Morseland in over 3 months, are you ready? We’re working on a new album, so when you join the party on Saturday, June 21st 10pm, groove to the ? Take a look @ the video below, it sounds like HUDSON.
I’ve recently published a book of transcriptions of solos by Chris Potter and thought you might be interested. To check it out and/or buy the book, check out www.ajkluth.com Thanks!
Hey Ari. That was weird the other night competing for a parking space! Thought you were trying to kill me. Let's get together in the next couple of weeks. Talk to you later.
thanks for connecting with us and sharing your music--beautiful! Glad you like our old-school african tunes. Check our page for lots of cool club and outdoor summer-shows.
