Ari Hoenig Quartet (NYC)

New York City is still arguably the mecca for the greatest contemporary Jazz players. Ari Hoenig has risen about as fast as anyone in the ranks having shown a unique, melodic approach to drumming and a forward thinking conceptual style in his group playing, featured in this fantastic quartet of touring artists.

Ari Hoenig
At age fourteen he was honing his skills in Philadelphia’s finest clubs and upon moving to NYC joined legendary organist Shirley Scott band.
He soon moved to Brooklyn (where it seems all the hippest players are) and started playing extensively with Kenny Werner Trio, Chris Potter Underground, Kurt Rosenwinkel Group, Joshua Redman Elastic band, Wayne Krantz, Mike Stern and Richard Bona. He was soon sharing the stage with Jazz mega stars Herbie Hancock, Ivan Linz, Wynton Marsalis, Toots Thielemans, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, and Gerry Mulligan!!

The Ari Hoenig Quartet was formed at the end of 2002 while playing every Monday night at the New York Village Jazz club Fat Cat and has had a residency since 2003 at the world famous New York club, ‘Smalls’.
As an educator, Ari teaches on faculty at New York University and the New School for Social Research in New York. He gives clinics and lectures at music schools and universities worldwide, and writes a regular educational column for Modern Drummer magazine.