Creative jazz

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Koby Hayon was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. While studying at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv, Hayon gathered experience as a guitarist with the DGK Trio and other notable groups. In 2001, Hayon moved to the United States, where he would earn his BM in jazz studies at SUNY Purchase. There, as a recipient of the Ullendorff Memorial Foundation scholarship, he studied with jazz greats John Abercrombie, Hal Galper, Todd Coolman, and Jon Faddis. Hayon has since played in a number of venues throughout the tri-state area as the leader of a jazz trio or duo. His renditions of jazz standards as well as his own compositions have earned him acclaim along with several weekly gigs in the New York area. He is also a member of the Abigail Payne Band, a singer/songwriter ensemble that has toured throughout Western New York and Canada, and can be heard regularly at the 55bar and other reputable New York clubs. Most recently, Hayon has formed the Israeli Jazz Quartet. Here, he fuses his heritage with his vast musical training by performing classic Israeli songs in a jazz setting. This combines two of the many facets of Hayon’s musicality: a cultural legacy along with his malleable and innovative jazz technique.