Itai Kriss
Itai Kriss (* around 1980) is an Israeli jazz flutist.
Live and act
Kriss, who played the flute since he was nine, attended Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in Jerusalem from 1994 to 1997. In 2000 he made his debut album Sababa . His collaboration with pianist Jon Regen resulted in the joint album Tel Aviv , which was recorded live in 2001 in the concert hall of the Tel Aviv Art Museum. His early mentors included saxophonist Arnie Lawrence , in whose band he played in the United States in early 2002 at the conference of the International Association for Jazz Education , and pianist Harry Whitaker . In the same year he moved to New York, where he studied Latin American music and performed with the Cuban singer Alfredo Sottolongo and the Ray Santiago Afro-Cuban Band . He currently leads his own quartet, consisting of the pianist Omri Mor, bassist Gilad Abro and drummer Amir Bressler. In 2011 his album The Shark , produced in 2008, was released , which he recorded with the Israeli musicians Omer Avital , Aaron Goldberg and Avishai Cohen , who live in New York .
Web links
- Web presence
- Portrait , Jerusalem Post February 20, 2011
- Itai Kriss at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information at BSNY ( Memento from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kriss, Itai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1980 |