Shauli

Shauli Einav is a young emerging Jazz saxophonist. He has already performed with various ensembles on prestigious stages such as the Red Sea Jazz Festival, The Israel Festival in Jerusalem, The Rochester International Jazz Festival, Tel-Aviv Intl Jazz Festival, "The Knitting Factory" NYC. Shauli has been invited to perform with some of today's finest Jazz musicians, including bassist Omer Avital, pianist Aaron Goldberg, guitarists Bob Sneider and Frank Gambale, and the late saxophonist Arnie Lawrence, among others, and has also participated in master-classes given by Dave Liebman, Harry Allen, Matt Wilson, Max Roach, Danilo Perez, and Avishai Cohen.
Shauli released his debut CD "Home Seek" in February 2008 and was featured in WXXI NPR station in Rochester, also in Israel's national broadcast station "Kol Hamusika", Barcelona Jazz Radio & 90.1 Jazz Station of Rochester. Shortly after earning a B.M degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Shauli relocated to the United States, where he just graduated with Master's degree at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, in Rochester NY.
At Eastman, Shauli held an assistant teaching position directing the ESM Non-Jazz Majors Jazz Ensemble. He was nominated for the T.A Prize 2008. Prior to his arrival to the states, Shauli had also taught master-classes in various conservatories throughout Israel. Though deeply rooted in be-bop and post-bop, he aims to take Jazz in new directions by combining the musical jargon of his Mediterranean Israeli heritage with the traditional western jazz standard form. Today, in addition to playing with Pey Dalid, Shauli resides in NYC and continues to write his own music and arrange for large jazz ensembles.