Daniel Meron
Advanced Improvisation & Odd Meter Techniques Workshop with Daniel Meron
Dive deep into advanced improvisation techniques with internationally acclaimed pianist and composer, Daniel Meron. This intensive workshop explores cutting-edge concepts designed for musicians looking to expand their skills.
Workshop Highlights
Advanced Improvisation Concepts
Core improvisation techniques and exercises
Chromatic approaches and their applications
Exploring non-diatonic chords and scales
Odd rhythmic phrasing
"Free Time" improvisation
Odd Meter Internalization and Improvisation
Practicing and mastering different meter claves
Understanding and hearing the "Bigger Beat"
Coordination exercises for complex rhythms
Superimposing meters
All concepts will be demonstrated through popular jazz standards and Daniel Meron’s original compositions.
Join us for an inspiring and transformative musical journey!
Daniel Meron - Piano
Through his music, Brooklyn based pianist and composer Daniel Meron awakens listeners' deepest desires and feelings. Born in Israel to a family of Egyptian and Syrian descent, Meron integrates his love for improvisation into original compositions that are both sophisticated and lyrical, rich with influences from Jazz, Middle-Eastern and Latin American music. Meron’s multiple records have gained rave reviews from music critics and radio stations around the world.
For his newest record entitled Pendulum (2024 Pinch Records), Daniel has gathered some of New York’s most innovative and distinguished jazz musicians: Drummer Mark Whitfield Jr, bassist Tamir Shmerling, flutist Itai Kriss, and tenorist Jonathan Greenstein. Having performed together for a few years, the band explores the elusive and magical balance between the power of clarity and the excitement of spontaneity. Listening to Meron’s enchanting compositions played by such heavy-weight jazz improvisers provides a captivating experience both live and on the record.
Over the last decade, Meron has established himself as a prominent figure in the New York jazz scene, performing at venues such as Soho House, Mezzrow and the Museum of Natural History, playing the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Costa Rica Jazz Festival, and touring Canada, Europe and Israel. Daniel graduated Berklee College of Music, where he was the winner of multiple scholarships and awards, and studied with masters such as Danilo Perez, Hal Crook and Joe Lovano. Along with his activities as a bandleader, Daniel continues to record and perform with multiple bands such as Electric Pool, Bunnicula, and the Arnan Raz Band.