Ori Kaplan

Saxophonist Ori Kaplan was created in Israel in 1969, and moved to the U.S. in 1991. After completing his level in 1996, Kaplan dove in to the NEW YORK downtown scene, developing his Trio Plus with Geoff Mann on drums, and Tom Abbs on bass and tuba. The next year, Kaplan started dealing with William Parker’s Small Huey Innovative Music Orchestra as well as other avant-jazz notables like Alan Silva and Karen Borca. In 1998, he shaped the Ori Kaplan Percussion Outfit with Mann on drums and mandolin, Susie Ibarra on drums and percussion, and Andrew Bemkey on piano. Beginning in 1999, the Trio Plus was augmented by Steve Swell on trombone. Kaplan also potential clients the Ori Kaplan Shaat’nez Music group, which includes Tamir Muskat on drums and percussion, and Marcus Rojas on tuba, alongside Bemkey and Mann. Furthermore to his groupings as a innovator, Kaplan offers performed and/or documented with the Red Sound Sax Quartet, the Eyesight Orchestra, the tiny Huey Innovative Music Orchestra, Roy Campbell, and rock and roll rings Speedball Baby and Big Lazy. He’s also an associate of indie rock and roll/worldbeat music group Firewater as well as the Eastern Western gypsy cabaret music group Gogol Bordello.