{{Short description|Israeli jazz pianist}} <!-- Deleted image removed: right|thumb|200px|A CD by the Alon Yavnai Trio --> '''Alon Yavnai''' ({{langx|he|אלון יבנאי}}; born 1969) is an Israel-born jazz pianist.
==Biography== Born in Israel, Yavnai began playing piano at the age of four. He has accompanied singers since the age of thirteen. He graduated from the Thelma Yellin High School for Arts, Givatayim Conservatory, both in Israel, and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He won first place in the Great American Jazz Piano Competition. He taught at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.
Yavnai leads a trio and has worked in a duo with Paquito D'Rivera and in a trio with Mark Summer. He has also worked with Leny Andrade, Regina Carter, Jim Chapin, Ravi Coltrane, George Garzone, Louis Hayes, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Romero Lubambo, Bob Moses New York Voices, Rosa Passos, Rufus Reid, Claudio Roditi, and Nancy Wilson.
In 2008, Yavnai won a Grammy Award as a part of the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet for Best Latin Jazz Album (''Funk Tango''). Yavnai wrote the title track.<ref>{{cite web|title =News of Paquito D'Rivera|url =http://www.paquitodrivera.com/news.html|accessdate =2008-07-29|url-status =dead|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080511164517/http://www.paquitodrivera.com/news.html|archivedate =2008-05-11}}</ref> In May 2008, Yavnai released his album ''Travel Notes'' which features solo pieces as well as trio pieces (with Omer Avital on bass and Jamey Haddad on percussion).<ref>{{cite web|title=Travel Notes|url=http://obliqsound.com/releases/travel_notes.html|accessdate = 2008-07-29 }}</ref>
==Discography== ===As leader/co-leader=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year recorded !Year released !Title !Label !Personnel/Notes |- |2001? |2001 |''D.S. Al Coda'' |Whaling City Sound |Most tracks sextet, with George Garzone (tenor sax, soprano sax), Dino Govoni (tenor sax, flute), Avishai Cohen (trumpet, flugelhorn), Massimo Biolcati (bass), Take Toriyama (drums); some tracks with Michal Cohen (vocals), Baoz Nemet (darbouka) added<ref>{{cite web |last=Nathan |first=Dave |date=August 1, 2001 |title=Alon Yavnai: D. S. al Coda |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/d-s-al-coda-alon-yavnai-whaling-city-sound-review-by-dave-nathan |website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |- |2004? |2005 |''Picture This'' |Bon Rapport |Most tracks trio, with Massimo Biolcati (bass), Take Toriyama (drums); some tracks quartet, with Paquito D'Rivera (reeds) added<ref>{{cite web |last=Latessa |first=Stephen |date=April 3, 2005 |title=Alon Yavnai Trio: Picture This |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/picture-this-alon-yavnai-bon-rapport-music-review-by-stephen-latessa |website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |- |2007 |2008 |''Travel Notes'' |ObliqSound |Some tracks solo piano; some tracks trio, with Omer Avital (bass), Jamey Haddad (percussion)<ref>{{cite web |last=Nastos |first=Michael G. |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/travel-notes-mw0000786562 |title=Travel Notes: Alon Yavnai |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |- | |2012 |''Shir Ahava'' |Alon Yavnai |With the NDR Big Band<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowers |first=Jack |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Darmstadter Big Band / Alon Yavnai–NDR Big Band / Red Bank Jazz Orchestra |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/darmstadter-big-band-alon-yavnaindr-big-band-red-bank-jazz-orchestra-by-jack-bowers |website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |- | |2016 |''Reconnect'' |Gateway Music |Duo, co-led with Jesper Riis (trumpet)<ref>{{cite web |last=Baekgaard |first=Jakob |date=February 26, 2016 |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/reconnect-alon-yavnai-jesper-riis-gateway-music-review-by-jakob-baekgaard |title=Alon Yavnai - Jesper Riis: Reconnect |website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> |}
===As sideman=== * Caribbean Jazz Project, ''Mosaic'' (Concord Picante, 2006) * Paquito D'Rivera, ''Jazz Chamber Trio'' (Chesky, 2005) * Paquito D'Rivera, ''Funk Tango'' (Sunnyside/Paquito, 2007) * Nancy Wilson, ''Turned to Blue'' (MCG Jazz, 2006)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160812080352/http://www.alonyavnaimusic.com/ Official site] *[http://obliqsound.com/artists/alon_yavnai.html Alon Yavnai] at ObliqSound *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p498462|pure_url=yes}} Alon Yavnai Discography] at allmusic
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