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Drummer, Composer, Pianist, Educator.
Born in Jerusalem, Israel.
I started playing on Pots, Pans and sofas at a very early age ;-)
studied drums at the Jerusalem Academy of Music with Jerry Garval .
and With the two greats Dave Rich and Etan Itrzkovich at the metronome school of drumming , Tel-Aviv
Continued my music studies at Berklee College of music with teachers such as:
Ian Forman, Joe Hunt and Tommy Campbell among many others.
Studied Jazz Guitar and all about spirituality with Ron Mizrachi (Jerusalem)
Studied Piano with Mr. Arik Strauss (Tel-Aviv)
Studied Composition with Mr. Jonathan Faiman (New York)
I live in the East Village, New York where im currently working on my new solo album “Piano Project â€.
Performed with: McCoy Tyner, Kenny Werner, Kurt Rosenwinkel , Jimmy Heat, Philip Catherin, Lenny Stern, Frank Foster, Kurt Elling, Moni Yakim (juilliard), the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, John Medeski , Potsdam Chamber Orchestra, Adi Yeshaya , TImmy Capello, Kedma trio, Noa, rita, yehudit ravitz, Dani Sanderson, Mazi Choen, Danny Maseng ("Soul On Fire ") , Jake Ehrenreich ("A Jew Grows in Brooklyn ")
Dan Gottfried, Yaron Gottfried, Oscar Feldman, George Laks, Bill Sims,"The Yellow Submarine Ensemble" among many others.
Played in festivals around the world, to name a few: Jerusalem, Montreau, Montréal, Nice, Ravenna, Sienna, Cherez, Valladolid,Barclona, Madrid, Rio,The Red Sea, and others.
im currently gigging, doing session work, and teaching Drums , Composition, in the New York Metro area.
With World to come trio
With Yehudit Ravitz "SHEKET"
Yaaki played on these albums:
These are some pictures of Sasson Levy
my brother, my teacher, my spiritual guide
and a source of endless wisdom, creativity and inspiration.
Please check out his beautiful playing on his my space page below
