Erez Dessel (USA 1998)
is an improvising
pianist and composer.
After graduating from the New England Conservatory, Dessel moved to Savannah, GA, where he served as music director at the Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy, Savannah’s first free after-school youth jazz program. He also kept up an active performing career in the Southeast, including presenting an hour-long improvised work for piano, pastel, and paper at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center. Since moving to Chicago he has worked continuously both as a performer and organizer, recording in an array of contexts with many internationally renowned musicians (including Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Kim Alpert, and Ben Hall).
is an improvising
pianist and composer.
After graduating from the New England Conservatory, Dessel moved to Savannah, GA, where he served as music director at the Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy, Savannah’s first free after-school youth jazz program. He also kept up an active performing career in the Southeast, including presenting an hour-long improvised work for piano, pastel, and paper at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center. Since moving to Chicago he has worked continuously both as a performer and organizer, recording in an array of contexts with many internationally renowned musicians (including Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Kim Alpert, and Ben Hall).
His
current
group
activity
includes the bands Edition Redux, Look Both Days, Banana Acid, and Maria Elena Silva; duos with Scott Taylor and Tyler Wagner; and work as a solo performer. Dessel created and curates the Night School series at Agitator gallery, which presents video artists and improvising musicians in a spontaneous performance context. Dessel has toured nationally and internationally, including performances in Europe and Korea and festival appearances at Edgefest, the Catalytic Sound festival, the Madrid jazz festival, and the Wels Music Unlimited festival, and his concerts and recordings have received critical acclaim.
group
activity
includes the bands Edition Redux, Look Both Days, Banana Acid, and Maria Elena Silva; duos with Scott Taylor and Tyler Wagner; and work as a solo performer. Dessel created and curates the Night School series at Agitator gallery, which presents video artists and improvising musicians in a spontaneous performance context. Dessel has toured nationally and internationally, including performances in Europe and Korea and festival appearances at Edgefest, the Catalytic Sound festival, the Madrid jazz festival, and the Wels Music Unlimited festival, and his concerts and recordings have received critical acclaim.
for booking, collaborations, lessons, or other inquiries, please email
erezjd [at] gmail [dot] com