Young as he is, guitarist Nitzan Bar has managed to appear all over the world and collaborate with prominent artists and bands in Israel including Daniel Zamir, Shem Tov Levy, Shlomo Gronich, Shlomi Shaban, Arie Volnitz, Ruslan Sirota (Los Angeles), and the Avi Lebovich Orchestra. The trio, with Nitzan Bar on guitar, Gilad Abro on bass, and Amir Bresler on percussion, will give its premiere performance at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival with guitarist Omri Keren, a young alumnus of the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Keren, who has performed in Israel and around the world, is considered one of Israel’s most promising guitarists.
Alongside original pieces by Bar, the band will perform well-known pieces by jazz guitar greats such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield.