Ehud Asherie

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| birth_place = Israel

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| instrument = Piano, Hammond organ

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 2000s–present

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Ehud Asherie (born 1979) is a jazz pianist and organist.

Early life

Asherie was born in Israel in 1979.Reney, Tom (February 8, 2012) [http://jazztimes.com/articles/29465-is-ehud-asherie-in-town "Is Ehud Asherie in Town?"]. JazzTimes. He moved with his family to Italy at the age of three, where he attended the Sir James Henderson School, now The British School of Milan,{{cite web|title=Flash News - Updates on fellow alumni of SJHS |url=http://www.sjhschool.com/download/JamesNewsv26.pdf |website=Sir James Henderson School |ref=Issue Number 1, June 2010, Pg 17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716155855/http://www.sjhschool.com/download/JamesNewsv26.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-16 }} and then to the United States when he was nine. As a teenager in New York, he visited Smalls Jazz Club, and took lessons from Frank Hewitt, a pianist who often played there. Asherie first played at Smalls when he was a high school sophomore.Sinnreich, Aram (January 16, 2000) "Where the Solos Last till Dawn". The New York Times. p. CY1.

Later life and career

Asherie played Hammond organ on his 2010 quartet release, Organic.Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) [http://jazztimes.com/articles/27436-organic-ehud-asherie "Ehud Asherie – Organic"]. JazzTimes He recorded his first solo piano album, Welcome to New York, in 2010.Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011) [http://jazztimes.com/articles/27437-welcome-to-new-york-ehud-asherie "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York"]. JazzTimes.

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".Dryden, Ken [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002026392 "Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York"]. AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

Discography

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2007

|Lockout

|Posi-Tone

|Quintet, with Grant Stewart (tenor sax), Ryan Kisor (trumpet), Joel Forbes (bass), Phil Stewart (drums)

2007

|Swing Set

|Posi-Tone

|Trio, with Neal Miner (bass), Phil Stewart (drums)

2007

|Organic

|Posi-Tone

|Quartet, with Dmitri Baevsky (sax), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Phil Stewart (drums); released 2010{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/organic-ehud-asherie-posi-tone-records-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php |title=Ehud Asherie: Organic |last=Bruce |first=Lindsay |website=AllAboutJazz |date=December 6, 2010 |access-date=January 18, 2018 }}

2009

|Modern Life

|Posi-Tone

|Quartet, with Harry Allen (tenor sax), Joel Forbes (bass), Chuck Riggs (drums); released 2010

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)

2016

|The Late Set

|Anzic

|Duo, with Hilary Gardner (vocals)

2019*

|Wild Man Blues

|Capri

|Trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Rodney Green (drums){{cite magazine |last=Kassel |first=Matthew |date=June 2019 |title=Ehud Asherie Trio: Wild Man Blues |magazine=DownBeat |volume=86 |issue=6 |page=77 }}