Eli Degibri

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Eli Degibri (born May 3, 1978 in Jaffa ) is an Israeli jazz musician ( saxophone , composition ).

Live and act

Degibri started playing the mandolin at the age of seven. Three years later he switched to the saxophone. In 1994 he received a first scholarship for a summer course at Berklee College of Music , where he began his studies in 1997, which he completed in 1999 at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz .

Then he became a member of Herbie Hancock's sextet , with whom he toured for more than two years. In 2002 he founded his first quintet (with Kurt Rosenwinkel , Aaron Goldberg , Ben Street and Jeff Ballard ), with which he released his first album in 2003. He also worked with Al Foster , with whom he also performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Gent Jazz Festival in 2011 .

In 2008 Degibri founded an organ trio with Gary Versace and Obed Calvaire , with whom he released the album Live at Louis 649 . He also worked with Eric Reed and the Mingus Big Band .

Degibri has been one of the directors of the Red Sea Jazz Festival since 2011 .

Discographic notes

  • In the Beginning (2003)
  • Emotionally Available (2006)
  • Eli Degibiri / Kevin Hays One Little Song (2006)
  • Live At Louis 649 (2008)
  • Israeli Song (2010, with Ron Carter , Al Foster, Brad Mehldau )
  • Twelve (2013, with Gadi Lehavi , Ofri Nehemya , Barak Mori)
  • Cliff Hangin ' (2015, with Gadi Lehavi, Ofri Nehemya, Barak Mori, and Shlomo Ydov )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Alumni (archived) ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Monk Institute Awards and Honors (Berklee)
  3. ^ Mark F. Turner: In The Beginning (Review) . All about jazz . 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Music of Joe Henderson at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2011 . Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Live at Louis 649 . JazzTimes . 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  6. ^ Eli Degibri & Dubi Lenz, Red Sea Jazz Festival . 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Meeting (DownBeat)
personal data
SURNAME Degibri, Eli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Jaffa