Alon Yavnai

Alon Yavnai

Alon Yavnai ( _he. אלון יבנאי; born 1969) is an Israel-born jazz pianist.

Biography

Born in Israel, Yavnai began playing piano at the age of four. He has professionally accompanied singers since the age of thirteen. He graduated from the Thelma Yalin High School for Arts and subsequently the Givatayim Consevatory, both in Israel. Alon later furthered his studies at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and soon after took first place in the Great American Jazz Piano Competition.

Music

Alon is a favorite artist of Grammy-winning saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera. Their collaborations include the Alon Yavnai-Paquito D'Rivera Duet, the Jazz Chamber Trio with Turtle Island String Quartet cellist Mark Summer, and the Latin Jazz Quintet. Alon also accompanies violinist Regina Carter, the New York Voices, and leads his own Alon Yavnai Trio. He has also performed with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Nancy Wilson, Rosa Passos, Leni Andrade, Louis Hayes, Bob Moses, Ravi Coltrane, Romero Lubambo, Claudio Roditi, Rufus Reid, Jim Chapin, and George Garzone.

He has taught, being a former faculty member at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.

In 2008, Yavnai won a Grammy as a part of the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet for Best Latin Jazz Album for Funk Tango. Yavnai wrote the title track. [cite web
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Discography

AS A LEADER
*Travel Notes, ObliqSound (2008) w/ Omer Avital-b, Jamey Haddad-perc
*Picture This, Bon Rapport Music (2004) w/ Massimo Biolcati-b, Take Toriyama-d and special guest Paquito D'Rivera-s
*D.S. Al Coda, Whaling City Sound (2001) w/ George Garzone-s, Dino Govoni-s/f, Avishai Cohen-tr, Massimo Biolcati-b, Take Toriyama-d, Michael Cohen-v, Baoz Nemet-darbouka

AS SIDEMAN
*Paquito D'Rivera: Funk Tango, Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records (2007)
*Nancy Wilson: Turned to Blue, MCG Jazz (2006)
*Caribbean Jazz Project/Dave Samuels: Mosaic, Concord Picante (2006)
*Gregg August: Late August, Iacuessa Records (2005)
*Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz Chamber Trio, Chesky Records (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.alonyavnai.com/ Official site]
* [http://obliqsound.com/artists/alon_yavnai.html Alon Yavnai] at ObliqSound
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fjfyxqukld0e~T2 Alon Yavnai Discography] at allmusic


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