Ari Hoenig

Ari Hoenig (born November 13, 1973) is an American jazz drummer, composer and educator.

History

Hoenig was born in Philadelphia, to a vocalist father and violinist mother, exposed to classical and other music at an early age. He played both piano and violin, then rock and metal drums as a teen before settling into jazz. He attended Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts in summer 1990. He attended the University of North Texas College of Music for three years and was a member of the highly regarded One O'Clock Lab Band before relocating to New York. After the move to New York he began playing with fellow Philadelphia native Shirley Scott.

In 2005 Hoenig appeared with his group at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival alongside such jazz luminaries as Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdés.

Since 2005 Ari has appeared with many of jazz's finest up and coming guitarists such as Jonathan Kreisberg, a member of Ari's Punk Bop Band, and Israeli transplant Gilad Hekselman.

Collaborations

Other artists Hoenig has recorded with include Mike Stern, Kenny Werner, Richard Bona, Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Tigran Hamasyan, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Fred Hersch, and the Jazz Mandolin Project. According to his website, Ari has also played on stage with Snarky Puppy, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Pat Martino, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dekel Bor, Mike Stern, Jonathan Kreisberg and Gilad Hekselman.

Reviews

Hoenig's playing has been cited by diverse publications worldwide including the Los Angeles Times, Jazz Times, and The Jerusalem Post.

• Drummerworld Feature on Ari Hoenig
• All About Jazz Feature on Ari Hoenig
• Philadelphia CityPaper article on Ari Hoenig
• 2006 article from Down Beat
• 2005 article from the Los Angeles Times
• 2005 review from The Village Voice

Discography as leader

• Jazzheads (1999)
• Time Travels (2000)
• The Life of a Day (2002)
• The Painter (2004)
• Kinectic Hues (2005) (DVD Video)
• Inversations (2007)
• Bert's Playground (2008)
• Punkbop (2010) with Will Vinson (alto sax), Jonathan Kreisberg (guitar), Tigran Hamasyan (piano) and Danton Boller (bass)
• Lines of Oppression (2011) with Gilad Hekselman (guitar), Tigran Hamasyan (piano) and Chris Tordini/Orlando le Fleming (bass)

Multimedia

• Giant Steps from the Kinetic Hues DVD (2005)
• Invitation from the Kinetic Hues DVD (2005)
• Drum solo from The 55 Bar, NYC (2006)
• Additional MP3 and video samples from arihoenig.com

External links

• Official Ari Hoenig site
• AMG Bio of Ari Hoenig
• AMG review of The Painter
• Article announcing Hoenig's 2006 signing with Dreyfus Records