Born: October 11, 1980 Primary Instrument: Guitar
Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future (Israel)
Band Description: Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future perform original tunes written and arranged mostly by guitarist and band former Yuval Ron. The music reveals influences of modern jazz greatests, and a mixture of many other contemporary artists of the progressive rock, fusion and metal veins. The music holds a constant emphasis on harmonic richness, rhythmical sophistication, dialogues between players and extensive use of synthesizers and other electric instruments.
The material played blends between fascinating compositions and spectacular solo improvisations and leads to a musically electrifying experience.
The band has performed on a variety of venues worldwide, and gained extremely supportive feedbacks and recognition from audiences, the media and fellow musicians. It has also released a first EP on May 2004 named “Futuristic Worlds Under Construction”, and the latest release “Live at Klaipeda International Jazz Festival”, a FreeVD (Free Video For Distribution) which can be entirely viewed at the Music page. At 2007 and 2008 Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future will also perform at some of the most renowned Jazz venues in the world. Stay tuned on the website's Events page for more information.
Yuval Ron bio: Born in Haifa, 1980, Yuval started to play the guitar at age 11. Soon he became active as a player, songwriter, leader and sideman in local bands which played a variety of styles in Metal music and Hardcore.
After being exposed to bands such as Cynic, Mr. Bungle and Meshuggah alongside Chick Corea, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Liebman, John Zorn, John Coltrane, ECM artists and many other contemporary Jazz and progressive music greats, he decided to take jazz and improvisation lessons and since have studied with some of the top music teachers in Israel. Yuval is also invloved in the field of software engineering.
Last Updated: February 13, 2009
”Yuval Ron & Residents of the Future give the fusion world something to be proud of. To have young men of their age carrying the torch of the genre so highly, and with so much flavor and flair, one cannot help but be impressed. They pay homage to the fusion greats, as can be clearly heard in their music, but they also add their own totally unique attitude and touches to the tunes they perform. Clearly, the torch has been passed to the next generation. And fusion fans such as myself could not be more pleased.” - http://jazzrockz.blogspot.com/
“ Take refined artistic prowess, add modern electronic technology, Middle Eastern musical modes, the pulse of North American fusion Jazz .... then add plenty of chutzpah...., and you end up with the exciting works of Yuval Ron and his quartette from Israel. Focusing primarily on their own compositions, this collection of well-crafted contemporary material is further testimony to the universal appeal of Jazz for the creative residents of all cultures. Broad sweeps of musical texture, intriguing harmonic progressions, cutting edge melodic ideas and sophisticated syncopations mirror the works of late Twentieth Century fusion ensembles. Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future seem to be reminding us that, as in their part of the world, the past and the future will meet in the present.” - Robin H.S Munro, Vortex Magazine
Yuval Ron and Residents Of The Future
Personnel:
Yuval Ron - Electric Guitar
Ofir Shwartz - Keyboards and Synthesizers
Yaniv Shamelashvili - Bass
Yatziv Caspi - Drums
Live at Klaipeda International Jazz Festival 2006
Free Video for Distribution, downloadable entirely for free from the band's website at http://www.rotf.us/music/music.asp
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Primary Instrument:
Guitar
Willing to teach:
Intermediate to advanced students
Credentials/Background:
Will teach students who would like to learn jazz improvisation, theory, harmony and performance.
Clinic/Workshop Information:
Doing clinics about the evolvement of jazz-rock fusion from the late 60's until today. Playing famous standarts by Miles, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Allan Holdsworth, alongside own compositions. Displaying a unique approach to the style, fitting to all levels of knowledge in Jazz and all ages.
