Ari Hoenig

Ari Hoenig
Ari Hoenig at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany
Background information
Born	November 13, 1973
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Drummer, Composer
Instruments	Drums
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Dreyfus
Associated acts	One O'Clock Lab Band [(Punk Bop Band)]

Ari Hoenig (born November 13, 1973) is an American jazz drummer, composer and educator.

Hoenig was a member of One O'Clock Lab Band before relocating to New York. After the move to New York he began playing with fellow Philadelphia native Shirley Scott. In 2005 Hoenig appeared with his group at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. Other artists Hoenig has recorded with include Mike Stern, Kenny Werner, Richard Bona, Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Tigran Hamasyan, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Fred Hersch, and the Jazz Mandolin Project.

Reviews

• Drummerworld Feature on Ari Hoenig
• All About Jazz Feature on Ari Hoenig
• Philadelphia CityPaper article on Ari Hoenig
• 2006 article from Down Beat
• 2005 article from the Los Angeles Times
• 2005 review from The Village Voice

Discography as leader

• Jazzheads (1999)
• Time Travels (2000)
• The Life of a Day (2002)
• The Painter (2004)
• Kinectic Hues (2005) (DVD Video)
• Inversations (2007)
• Bert's Playground (2008)
• Punkbop (2010) with Will Vinson (alto sax), Jonathan Kreisberg (guitar), Tigran Hamasyan (piano) and Danton Boller (bass)
• Lines of Oppression (2011) with Gilad Hekselman (guitar), Tigran Hamasyan (piano) and Chris Tordini/Orlando le Fleming (bass)
• "The Pauper and the Magician" (2016)

External links

• Official Ari Hoenig site
• AMG Bio of Ari Hoenig
• AMG review of The Painter
• Article announcing Hoenig's 2006 signing with Dreyfus Records