Ehran Elisha
Ehran Yehuda Elisha (* around 1965 ) is an Israeli jazz and improvisation musician ( drums , percussion , composition ).
Life
Ehran Elisha's father Haim Elisha is a classical pianist. He first studied at Bennington College , where he had lessons from Bill Dixon and Milford Graves . He then studied with Ed Blackwell , Bill Lowe , Abraham Adzenyah and Javanese music with Sumarsam at Wesleyan University , where he completed his master's degree in 1991 with the thesis Steady Ascension: Toward an Aesthetic in the Performance of Contemporary Improvised and Composed Music . Since then he has worked with his own ensembles in various line-ups with David Bindman , Roy Campbell , Sam Bardfeld , Bill Lowe, Wilber Morris , Ken Filiano and Drew Gress . With Roy Campbell he also led an octet around 2005 and worked in the duo, which u. a. performed at the 17th Vision Festival at Roulette (Brooklyn) and recorded the album Watching Cartoons With Eddie (OutNow Recordings, 2011), which received positive reviews. Elisha lives in New York City.
Discographic notes
- Shoresh (Kinetic Music, rec. 1994, ed. 1997)
- Ehran Elisha / Roy Campbell / Wilber Morris: Suite Empathy (Cadence Jazz, 1995)
- The Kicker ( CIMP , 1998)
- The Lowdown (CIMP, 1999)
- Ehran Elisha / Harold Rubin / Haim Elisha: East of Jaffa (Outnow Recordings, 2011)
- Continue ( Cadence Jazz Records , 2014)
- Kindred Spirit: Quintets (Out now, 2016), with Roy Campbell , Sam Bardfeld , Haim Elisha , Dave Phillips , Michael Attias , Yoni Kretzmer , Rick Parker , Sean Conly
- Haim Elisha, Daniel Carter , Jeremy Harlos & Ehran Elisha: Before or After (EYEtone Records, 2019)
Web links
- Ehran Elisha at Allmusic (English)
- Ehran Elisha at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Event notice of the Hartford Courant (1998)
- ↑ MA Theses in Ethnomusicology and Composition at Wesleyan University
- ↑ Information at Worldcat
- ^ Event announcement in the New York Times 2005
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 18, 2015)
- ↑ Review in Free Jazz Collective (2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elisha, Ehran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elisha, Ehran Yehuda (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli jazz and improvisation musician (drums, percussion, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1965 |