ARI EREV: About Time

Ari Erev

About Time

© 2008 Ari Erev (094922849564)

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Piano jazz trio playing a lyrical and emotional mix of jazz standards and original compositions, performed with sensitive interplay that draws from the legacy of the great mainstream jazz trios.

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I would like to tell you about my new CD - "About Time".

"About Time" - because I felt it was about time for me to release a CD with the Jazz music I love. As times goes by, I have new insights and feelings about the passing of time. These insights led me through the creation process, and I hope these feelings have found their place in the music of this disc.

Jazz tunes to which I keep returning, Israeli songs that I am especially connected to, and some original compositions of mine, form the music of this album. I believe that, with this specific trio interpretation and improvisation, all these pieces connect to form one unit of music; A unique blend of rhythm and emotion, colors and sound that genuinely represent where I am as a musician... at least at this time of my life.

Yorai Oron (double-bass) and Gideon Pasahov (drums) contribute their great playing and full cooperation. I feel fortunate to have them playing with me in this album.

I am excited to share with you this music. I hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it!


WHAT THE CRITICS SAY...

“…Piano playing with a lot of elegance and sensitivity… it is evident it is performed with great love and with a thorough acquaintance and respect for the history of Jazz…”
--- Barak Weiss, Artistic Director, Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival

“… a fine trio of solid musicians… (Erev’s solo on ‘These Foolish Things’) is a study in ideation… The stars were aligned just right when ‘ I Remember You’ was added to the mix….This album is jazz in its true form. 5 STARS.”
--- John Gilbert, eJazzNews.com


"… This is a splendid album, quiet and introversive, full of beauty and romance... Most warmly recommended!..."
--- Adam Baruch, jazzis.com


“…a session that is of a whole… a meditation, revealing…that music is, above all, an extended metaphor for time itself.”
--- Samuel Chell, AllAboutJazz


“…a pianist of gentle melody and delicate feeling… he has a story to tell us in his music…”
--- Yossi Harsonski, yosmusic.com


“How pleasant it is to meet ‘About Time’, Ari Erev’s new album… Relaxed, and skilled Trio playing with a deep and warm sound, showing a great love for Jazz… Ari combines abstraction and complexity with warmth, delicacy and beauty, and he does it gently and intelligently, leaving space to each of these foundations…
A heartwarming album with evidence of talent, maturity and lots of good taste…”
--- Avi Efrati, Tel-Aviv News


“…program that is coherent in feeling and approach, lyrical, melodic and carefully reserved… Some of the original compositions… are well-articulated, with a clear and elegantly developed theme, with enough room for his trio members to add their own comments…”
--- Eyal Hareuveni, AllAboutJazz.com


“…very heartfelt jazz trio music… a beautiful "Turn Out The Stars" as program closer… Erev succeeds in displaying his love of this music.”
--- Mark Salesky, blogcritics.com



FROM THE CD LINER NOTES:

For me, this album is About Time...

It is about the relationship between time and memory – how the passing of time facilitates the gathering and shaping of our memories, and then makes them fade and sometimes disappear,

It is about the different perceptions that people have about time – and the way these perceptions affect their lives,

It is about the time we lose… the time we gain… and the choices we make on how to spend our time,

It is about the time it takes until one trusts oneself enough to publicly release music, and about how improvisation - the musical expression of the moment - is captured, to last over time.

……and, it is about the time I spent on making this album.



BIO

Israeli-born pianist and composer Ari Erev started playing the piano at the age of 4. His first teacher was his amateur-pianist father and he later studied under Mrs. Silvia Cohen of Tel-Aviv. At the age of 17, after forming and leading a number of contemporary music bands, the exciting sounds of jazz hooked him. Over the years, he studied jazz and improvisation with Dr. Zvi Keren, one of Israel's premiere teachers of musicians and composers, pianists Nahum Perperkovich and Arik Strauss, and with arranger and composer Ilan Mociach at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv.

Throughout his performance career, Ari has worked and cooperated with many Israeli artists, including pop/rock singer Gali Atari and composer Yael German. Jazz musicians with whom he has performed include saxophonists Robert Anchipolovsky (Phil Woods) and Ofer Shapira, bassists Yorai Oron (“Noa”), Arie Volinez (Dave Liebman), Vinnie Venkov and Kobi Hass, drummers Gideon Pasahov and Yoav Zohar, vocalist Julia Feldman, and he currently performs regularly with vocalist Tami Kelly.

Ari plays and performs in Israel’s top jazz clubs, including "Yellow Submarine" in Jerusalem, "Milestone" in Binyamina, "Shablul Jazz" and "Calif Jazz Club" in Tel-Aviv, as well as on Israeli radio and TV. He composed music for the documentary “Bokito” in 1983 (directed by Reuven Hacker and Shalev Vaynes), has played in a few theater plays, and has served as the musical director for a number of vocalists' jazz productions. He also teaches piano jazz improvisation.

For the past several years, Ari has led a jazz trio performing a tribute program to the music of Bill Evans. Some musical samples from this program, entitled “Jazz From the Heart,” can be found on Ari's site (at: http://www.arierev.com/mehalev).

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  • "What would you take ...?"
    author: Patrick Kelly

    This disc is absolutely wonderful! The arrangements are great, the playing is emotional and sensitive, and the mix is truly outstanding. As I was listening, I was remembering that old game my friends and I used to play at school. It's the game where you pick "things you would take with you if you were stranded on a deserted island." One of the things my friends and I always hotly debated was what kinds of music we'd take with us. Well, since all you have on a deserted island is "time," there is no doubt that the one Piano Jazz album I would take with me is "About Time." Buy this disc. You'll love it!

  • author: Dmitry Pristin

    While not being a jazz aficionado, I liked this album very much. It has the quality that is very precious - it conveys and evokes very personal and deep emotions. Ari's playing is very warm and delicate, full of sensitivity. Highly recommended.

  • About Time Rocks
    author: Mark Thompson

    Ari is a thoughtful and gifted artist whose work will always be heard and savored by guests in my home!

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