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Omer Avital was born in the small Israeli town of Givataim to parents of Moroccan and Yemenite descent. His formal training began at age 11, when he entered the Givataim Conservatory to study classical guitar. It was upon entering Talma Yalin, Israel’s leading High School for the Arts, that Avital’s interest switched towards jazz. He switched his focus to the acoustic bass, and soon became the leader of the school’s jazz ensemble for which he wrote all the arrangements.
During his senior year, at the age of 17, he began playing professionally in various jazz, pop and folk bands, and performed regularly on national television, radio and in numerous jazz festivals.
After spending a year in the Israeli army playing in its orchestra, Omer made his way to New York in search of a more promising jazz setting. His talent was instantly recognised and he became hotly sought after as a sideman. He began performing, recording and touring internationally with such jazz legends as Antonio Hart, Bill Saxton, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Steve Grossman, Jimmy Lovelace, Walter Bishop and Frank Hewitt, as well as the younger Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau and Larry Goldings amongst others.
In recent years, Omer has found a home for his music at Smalls, in New York City. Having played there steadily ever since its opening night in 1994, both as a leader of his own band as well as in the Jason Lindner Big Band, The Charles Owens Quartet, and numerous other groups, Omer has become one of the staples of this immensely popular and acclaimed jazz institution.
After spending a year in the Israeli army playing in its orchestra, Omer made his way to New York in search of a more promising jazz setting. His talent was instantly recognised and he became hotly sought after as a sideman. He began performing, recording and touring internationally with such jazz legends as Antonio Hart, Bill Saxton, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Steve Grossman, Jimmy Lovelace, Walter Bishop and Frank Hewitt, as well as the younger Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau and Larry Goldings amongst others.
In recent years, Omer has found a home for his music at Smalls, in New York City. Having played there steadily ever since its opening night in 1994, both as a leader of his own band as well as in the Jason Lindner Big Band, The Charles Owens Quartet, and numerous other groups, Omer has become one of the staples of this immensely popular and acclaimed jazz institution.
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The album Yes! with Aaron Goldberg & Ali Jackson is VERY VERY WONDERFULL FUUULLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
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Why has no one written anything so far? Give it up for Omer Avital! He's brilliant.
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