OZ NOY TRIO FEAT. JIMMY HASLIP & ANTON FIG

“Noy is a true experimentalist who lives on the common ground shared by Thelonious Monk, James Brown, Jimmy Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughn.” - Rock & Blues Muse

Born in Israel, Oz Noy started his professional career at the age of 13 playing jazz, blues, pop and rock music. By age 16, he was playing with top Israeli musicians and artists. By age 24, he was one of the most established studio guitar players in the country. Oz was also a member of the house band on Israel’s top-rated television show for more than two years. With 8 studio albums and 9 solo albums, his prolific talent shines.

Since his 1996 arrival in New York, Oz has made a huge impact on the local and international music scene. His unique and intoxicating style has broken all the rules of instrumental guitar music by focusing on the groove.

Oz Noy has performed, toured and recorded with Richard Bona, Chris Botti, Gavin DeGraw, Harry Belafonte, Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken, Akiko Yano, Wonder Girls, Toni Braxton, Phoebe Snow, Nile Rogers, Mike Clark, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Dave Weckl, Mike Manieri, John Patitucci, The East Village Opera Company, Roger Glover, Bill Evans, Randy Brecker, The Gil Evan Orchestra, Warren Hayes, Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Allen Toussaint, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, John Abercrombie, Wallace Roney, Steve Lukather, John Medeski, Chris Potter, Fred Wesley, Tom Scott, Don Was, Nelly Furtado, Natasha Bedingfield, Phillip Phillips, Andy Grammer, Angelique Kidjo, Matisyahu, Jennifer Hudson, Henry Butler, Gart Hudson, Don Henley, Patti Austin, Take 6, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Phil Ramone, Paul Shaffer, Dweezil Zappa, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sting, Steve Perry, Allison Krauss, Foreigner, Patty Smyth, Wiz Khalifa, Shelea, Jordin Sparks, Average White Band, Christopher Cross, TYP, Betty Buckley, Idina Menzel, Luke Nelson, Justin Timberlake, Bonnie Raitt, Lizzo, Dave Mathews, Cat Stevens, Scary Pockets among others.

Oz also conducts periodic master classes at The Collective School of Music (New York City), Musicians Institute (Los Angeles), and others.

Jimmy Haslip was born December 31st, 1951 in the Bronx, New York. He grew up in Huntington, Long Island. In 1963 at the age of 13, he became interested in electric bass and has now been playing for 47+ years. Jimmy left New York in 1969 playing music in San Francisco, New Orleans, Denver and Dallas before moving on to Los Angeles in late 1975, where he began touring and recording with many different popular artists.

In 1978 Jimmy Haslip met guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Russell Ferrante and formed a group to record Robben’s first solo recording on Electra-Asylum. This critically acclaimed album, called The Inside Story became a landmark recording. That album led to the formation of The Yellowjackets and in 1980 they recorded a debut album for Warner Bros. Records.

Jimmy is actively composing, arranging, producing and performing with Yellowjackets, the two time Grammy winners.

Hailing from South Africa, and completing his music degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston Anton Fig’s career as a drummer has spanned decades; he’s worked alongside artists like Ace Frehley, Link Wray, Cyndi Lauper, Warren Zevon, Madonna, Mick Jagger, and countless more. His technical proficiency, distinctive style, and deep musical knowledge ultimately earned him the nickname “The Thunder from Down Under.” But if you’re David Letterman, you might have called him “Anton Zip” or “Buddy Rich Jr.” when Fig, Paul Schaffer, and the World’s Most Dangerous Band were serving as Letterman’s house band.

It was in 1986 that he joined the Late Show with David Letterman – a position held for 29 years until the show ended! During that run he played with the worlds’ greatest musicians including Miles Davis, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennet, Steve Winwood, to name just a few. When the Letterman Show ended, Anton toured extensively with guitarist Joe Bonamassa as well as playing on most of his albums and live projects since 2006.

Anton recorded an instructional video – “In the Groove Late/Night Drumming” – and was voted #1 Best Rock Drummer in Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll 2010.

He also played many memorable live concerts including Live Aid, The Concert for New York City for 9/11, Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary Concert, and countless Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards shows.