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Ari Hoenig




I don't know if I haven't seen live jazz in a while, or I hadn't been out for a while, but I saw the most amazing set at Smalls with:

Ari Hoenig / Drums
Tivon Pennicott / Tenor Sax
Gadi Lehavi / Piano


I was effusive, it was in the pocket, the was transcendent. I felt rapture listening to it. When I went up to shake Ari's hand, I think he might of thought I was too excited, but I really appreciated the set. 

I was like, it's not like the album on Spotify. My friend talked with Tivon about his setup on his sax, he had pedals and electronic things on the reed, and an amplifier. 

Ari would expand and contract the density of his percussion, the width of his sounds, the volume, in the interplay with Tivon and Gadi. Gadi was playing the bass lines from the synth on top of the piano.

I thought Monday would be a bit bland, but we also had to get out because the second set was sold out and we couldn't get it. I love jazz at 730, I'm not a night owl. But I love it so much I wanted another set. 

When I look at Ari Hoenig on YouTube, I don't see this lineup, but wow. What a set. Blew my mind. I can't say enough about it. I want my sons to go see him. I feel so lucky.




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Facebook snippet of last night

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