Ehud Asherie

Ehud Asherie
Born 1979 (age 3536)
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, 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.[2]

Later life and career

Asherie played Hammond organ on his 2010 quartet release, Organic.[3] He recorded his first solo piano album, Welcome to New York, in 2010.[4][5]

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".[4]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reney, Tom (February 8, 2012) "Is Ehud Asherie in Town?". JazzTimes.
  2. Sinnreich, Aram (January 16, 2000) "Where the Solos Last till Dawn". The New York Times. p. CY1.
  3. Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) "Ehud Asherie – Organic". JazzTimes
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dryden, Ken "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York". JazzTimes.