THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS: Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Dahveed Behroozi
featuring Shay Salhov
Pianist and composer Dahveed Behroozi will be performing selections from his recently released album Echos. In addition, he will play selections from the American Songbook and Thelonious Monk. Featuring special guest alto saxophonist Shay Salhov.
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Dahveed Behroozi grew up in a home where classical records were heard – and his father played Bach on guitar. Behroozi started playing piano at age 5, already drawn to improvising at the keyboard. His taste for classical music eventually burgeoned from Bach, Brahms, and Wagner to the Second Viennese School (particularly Alban Berg) and the abstract expressionism of Morton Feldman. In middle-school, he joined a big-band ensemble, moved by the rhythmic vitality that he heard in jazz. Indie-rock, from Blonde Redhead to Radiohead, would also become a passion. The young pianist went from the Bay Area to New York City in 1999, studying with Fred Hersch at the Manhattan School of Music to earn a bachelor’s degree in jazz piano performance. His appreciation of jazz pianists would expand, from Bud Powell and Bill Evans to Brad Mehldau and Pete Rende. Behroozi went on to earn his master’s degree in classical piano at Brooklyn College, studying under Ursula Oppens. In 2014, Behroozi returned to his native San José, where he lives with his wife and two young children. In addition to performing and recording as a pianist and composer, Behroozi teaches music theory and music history at California’s Gavilan College. dahveedbehroozi.com
Shay Salhov, an Israeli born saxophonist, received his B.M. from Berklee College of Music in 2002 and his M.M. from the Boston Conservatory in 2005. In Boston, Shay studied with great musicians such as George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi and Ken Radnofsky. He performed professionally in the Boston and New York area from 2000 until his relocation to the Santa Cruz area in 2009. Musicians that Shay performed and collaborated with on the East Coast include Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Ziv Ravitz, Avishai Cohen, Sebastian Noelle, Ronen Itzik, Sebastian Noelle, Eric McPherson, Warren Wolf and many more. shay.salhov.com