Ehud Asherie
| Ehud Asherie | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ehud Asherie in Detroit Jazz Fetival 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
1979 (age 36–37) Israel |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano, Hammond organ |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Labels | Posi-Tone, Arbors |
Ehud Asherie (born 1979) is a jazz pianist and organist.
Early life
Asherie was born in Israel in 1979.[1] He moved with his family to Italy at the age of three,[1] where he attended the Sir James Henderson School, now The British School of Milan,[2]and then to the United States when he was nine.[1] As a teenager in New York, he visited Smalls Jazz Club, and took lessons from Frank Hewitt, a pianist who often played there.[1] Asherie first played at Smalls when he was a high school sophomore.[3]
Later life and career
Asherie played Hammond organ on his 2010 quartet release, Organic.[4] He recorded his first solo piano album, Welcome to New York, in 2010.[5][6]
Playing style
AllMusic's Ken Dryden commented on Asherie's Welcome to New York that "on his earlier CDs he mixed bop, swing, and standards with an occasional taste of stride, but for these solo piano sessions, he focuses more on stride and standards".[5]
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Lockout | Posi-Tone | Quintet, with Grant Stewart (tenor sax), Ryan Kisor (trumpet), Joel Forbes (bass), Phil Stewart (drums) |
| 2008* | Swing Set | Posi-Tone | Trio, with Neal Miner (bass), Phil Stewart (drums) |
| 2010* | Modern Life | Posi-Tone | Quartet, with Harry Allen (tenor sax), Joel Forbes (bass), Chuck Riggs (drums) |
| 2010* | Organic | Posi-Tone | Quartet, with Dmitri Baevsky (sax), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Phil Stewart (drums) |
| 2010 | Welcome to New York | Arbors | Solo piano |
| 2012* | Upper West Side | Posi-Tone | Duo, with Harry Allen (tenor sax) |
| 2013* | Lower East Side | Posi-Tone | Duo, with Harry Allen (tenor sax) |
As sideman
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014* | Shaw, BryanBryan Shaw | The Bluebird of Happiness | Arbors |
| 2014* | Gardner, HilaryHilary Gardner | The Great City | Anzic |
| 2014* | Allen, HarryHarry Allen | For George, Cole and Duke |
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- 1 2 3 4 Reney, Tom (February 8, 2012) "Is Ehud Asherie in Town?". JazzTimes.
- ↑ "Flash News - Updates on fellow alumni of SJHS" (PDF). Sir James Henderson School. Sir James Henderson School.
- ↑ Sinnreich, Aram (January 16, 2000) "Where the Solos Last till Dawn". The New York Times. p. CY1.
- ↑ Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) "Ehud Asherie – Organic". JazzTimes
- 1 2 Dryden, Ken "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ↑ Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York". JazzTimes.