Ziv Ravitz
For years, Israeli jazz drummer and composer Ziv Ravitz, a former child prodigy, has been one of the most sought-after sidemen in modern jazz. With a unique and distinctive musical voice, he has played and recorded with such names as Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Tomasz Stańko, Shai Maestro, Florian Weber, Oded Tzur, and Avishai Cohen.
Born in Beersheba, Israel, in 1976 into a musical family, Ravitz began music lessons early, studying piano, guitar, and drums before deciding at the age of nine to focus on percussion. His talent was recognized by his tutors, and he was considered a prodigy, performing live by age 13 and regularly playing with established jazz, rock, and pop names while still in high school. After touring internationally during his early twenties, he further studied jazz and composition at Berklee College in Boston, and then moved to New York.
In 2001, he formed the trio Minsarah with German pianist Florian Weber and American bassist Jeff Denson; their eponymous debut album appeared in 2006 on Enja. Ravitz's debut album as leader, 2009's self-released Images from Home, fused the musical cultures of his dual heritage -- Polish and Egyptian -- to striking effect. Ravitz went on to record in groups with bassist Max Johnson, pianist Shai Maestro, saxophonists Christoph Irniger and Oded Tzur, and trumpeter Avishai Cohen, for labels such as Intakt, Fresh Sound, Yellowbird, and ECM. His second album as leader, No Man Is an Island, appeared in 2019 on Sound Surveyor.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Naked Truth
Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, Ziv Ravitz
Jazz - Released by ECM on 25 feb. 2022
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
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Black Hole Sun
Vincent Peirani, Ziv Ravitz, Federico Casagrande
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 21 apr. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
No Man Is an Island
Jazz - Released by Sound Surveyor Music on 29 mrt. 2019
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Images From Home
Moderne jazz - Released by Ziv Ravitz on 1 nov. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Deep Lee
Lee Konitz, Florian Weber, Jeff Denson, Ziv Ravitz
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 16 mei 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amrut Laya
Daniele Camarda, Federico Casagrande, Ziv Ravitz
Jazz - Released by Amrut Laya on 3 nov. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Unseen
Szymon Mika Trio, Max Mucha, Ziv Ravitz
Jazz - Released by Hevhetia on 15 mei 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gowanus Canal
Christoph Irniger Trio, Raffaele Bossard, Ziv Ravitz
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 15 jul. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Dragon
Jazz - Released by Sound Surveyor Music on 8 mrt. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -