Ehud Asherie

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Ehud Asherie, 2015

Ehud Asherie (born December 20, 1979 in Israel ) is an American jazz musician ( piano , organ ).

Live and act

Asherie lived in Italy for six years as a child before emigrating to the United States with his family when he was nine. In 1997 and 1998 he studied jazz at New School University ; he also took private lessons from Frank Hewitt . Stylistically based on the stride piano of his models Earl Hines and Teddy Wilson as well as the playing styles of the modern jazz piano , he released his debut album with compositions by Billy Strayhorn in 2000 with his Trio65 , with Joseph Lepore (bass) and Tommaso Cappellato (drums) . Since then he has presented a number of albums as a pianist on the Posi-Tone label, including a. with trumpeter Ryan Kisor as a guest musician. In 2010 he played a solo album with compositions a. a. by James P. Johnson ( Harlem Strut ), Duke Ellington ( Drop Me Off in Harlem ), and Thelonious Monk ( 52nd Street Theme ); In 2011 he recorded with Harry Allen . As organist he leads the bossa nova ensemble Bina & Ehud with guitarist Bina Coquet , with which the production Samba De Gringo 2 (2007) was created. Asherie performs regularly at the Smalls jazz club in New York .

Discographic notes

  • Trio65 - Vol. 1: Music By Billy Strayhorn (NuJazzCity, 2000)
  • Look Out (Posi-Tone, 2007), with Joel Forbes , Phil Stewart, Grant Stewart , Ryan Kisor
  • Swing Set (Posi-Tone, 2008), with Neal Miner , Phil Stewart
  • Modern Life (Posi-Tone, 2010), with Harry Allen, Joel Forbes, Chuck Riggs
  • Organic (Posi-Tone, 2010)
  • Welcome to New York (Arbors, 2010) solo
  • Ehud Asherie with Harry Allen: Upper West Side ( Posi-Tone , 2012)
  • Hilary Gardner / Ehud Asherie: The Late Set (Anzic Records, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Ehud Asherie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review of the album Upper West Side (2012) at All About Jazz
  2. ↑ Review of Ken Dryden's Welcome to New York album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved February 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Asherie, Ehud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th December 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Israel