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Biography
Ehud Asherie (born 1979) is a jazz pianist and organist.
Early life
Asherie was born in Israel in 1979. 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, 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.
Later life and career
Asherie played Hammond organ on his 2010 quartet release, Organic. He recorded his first solo piano album, Welcome to New York, in 2010.
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".
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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
As sideman
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014* | Bryan Shaw | The Bluebird of Happiness | Arbors |
| 2014* | Hilary Gardner | The Great City | Anzic |
| 2014* | Harry Allen | For George, Cole and Duke |