Omer Avital

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Omer Avital 2012 in Paris

Omer Avital (* 13. May 1971 in Giw'atajim is from Israel originating in the United States live jazz - bassist , bandleader and composer .

Live and act

Avital first learned to play classical guitar before switching to the double bass while participating in the Talma Yalin funding program. He began performing as a professional musician at the age of 17 and moved to New York City after completing his military service . There he has given concerts at the Smalls jazz club since the club opened in 1994, when he performed with Peter Bernstein and Brad Mehldau . He has since worked with the Jason Lindner Big Band , Avishai Cohen , Alon Yavnai , Aaron Goldberg , Itai Kriss , Omer Klein and Daniel Zamir . He leads his own sextet, with whom he recorded several albums. In 2001, Fresh Sound New Talent released his debut album Think With Your Heart . a. Greg Tardy and Joel Frahm contributed. In 2002 he founded the Third World Love Quartet with Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai and Daniel Freedman . The band recorded five albums and performed worldwide. In 2009 he performed with Rashied Ali at the Vision Festival . He is currently leading his own quintet.

Discographic notes

  • Asking No Permission (1996, ed. 2006, with Charles Owens , Ali Jackson , Mark Turner , Gregory Tardy , Myron Walden )
  • Third World Love Songs (Fresh Sound, 2002)
  • The Omer Avital & Marlon Browden Project (Fresh Sound, 2003, with Avishai Cohen)
  • Arrival (Fresh Sound, 2007)
  • Abutbul Music (Jazz Village 2016, with Alexander Levin, Asaf Yuria , Yonathan Avishai, Ofri Nehemya )
  • Qantar (2018, with Alexander Levin, Asaf Yuria, Eden Ladin , Ofri Nehemya)
  • Ali Jackson / Aaron Goldberg / Omer Avital: Yes! Trio - Groove du Jour (2019)
  • Omer Vital Qantar: New York Paradox (Zamzama Records 2020, with Asaf Yuria, Alexander Levin, Eden Ladin, Ofri Nehemya)

Lexical entry

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rate Your Music
  2. ↑ a b You play with me and I play with you. Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen: How two friends from Israel revive America's jazz Die Zeit , March 12, 2015)
  3. ↑ CD of the week (NDR)
personal data
SURNAME Avital, Omer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Giw'atajim