The Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish Quartet
offers an inspired blend of jazz and Jewish folk melodies, including
Kurdish, Yemenite, Moroccan, Ladino, Russian, and Israeli songs.
https://hoffmanlemish.com/Amos Hoffman is an Israeli jazz oudist and guitarist
known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes
of the Middle East with Modern Jazz. Hoffman started playing guitar at
the age of 6, and oud a few years later. He studied guitar privately,
and later attended the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.
His search for new musical experiences led him first to Amsterdam, and
then to New York City, where he played jazz with Jason Lindner, bassist
Avishai Cohen, and Claudia Acuna.
To date, Hoffman has recorded 5 solo albums, The Dreamer (1999), Na’ama
(2006), Evolution (2008), Carving (2010), and Back to the City (2015).
He has also contributed on dozens more for artists in Israel and
worldwide including Avishai Cohen, Kiko Berenguer (Spain), and Jan
Mlynarski (Poland).
In 2013 Amos was awarded one of Israel’s most prestigious prizes – The
Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in the
field of jazz.
https://www.amoshoffman.com/
Pianist, improviser and composer Noam Lemish is an
Israeli-American jazz pianist and composer currently based in Toronto,
Canada. He has appeared across the US, Canada, Europe, Israel, and in
Bhutan, and has performed with Sheila Jordan, John Handy, Julian Lage,
James Newton, Dayna Stephens, George Marsh, and Frances-Marie Uitti.
He has several recordings to his credit, including The Turning (2016),
The Magic Clavier Book I (2015), Nightfall (2013), The People’s King
(2010), and Yes And (2008). His compositions include chamber, choral,
piano, numerous jazz works, and “The People’s King”: a commissioned
multi-cultural suite in celebration of the King of Bhutan’s 30th
birthday.
Dr. Lemish is currently teaching at the University of Toronto’s jazz
studies program and co-directs the Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with the Noam Lemish / George
Marsh Duo.
http://noamlemish.com/
Bassist Miles Wick earned his B.A. in Jazz Studies
at Sonoma State
University where his teachers included William Allaudin Mathieu, and
Mel Graves.
He has performed with Mel Graves, Noam Lemish, George Marsh, Mel
Martin, Charlie McCarthy, Babatunde Lea, Randy Vincent, Dave McNab,
Dred Scott, Keith Saunders, Bryan Bowman, Smith Dobson, Kasey
Knudsen, Susan
Sutton, Luke Westbrook, Michael Coleman, Jack Riordan, Sheldon Brown,
and Ben Goldberg.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with the MQW Trio with Michael
Zilber.
Alex Aspinall is a drummer and percussionist based
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He graduated from the jazz program at Sonoma State University where he
studied with Mel Graves and George Marsh.
Alex has performed with Ken Cook, Doug Miller, Tyler Blanton, Noam
Lemish, Randy Vincent, Mel Graves, Chuck Sher, Dan Wilensky, Mel Martin, Edo Castro,
Terrence Brewer, Mimi Fox, and Kathleen Grace.