Two Shows - 7:30p to 8:45 and 9:30p to 10:45p

Eden Ladin, Piano
Alexander Claffy, Bass
Adam Arruda, Drums

Eden Ladin
Since his arrival on the New York scene in 2008, Eden Ladin has become a quiet force of harmonic complexity and lyricism. Playing with a sensitivity that only comes from embracing self-reflection and collective exploration, the pianist, keyboard player and composer has earned recognition from some of the music’s most prestigious publications and institutions, and collaborated with a range of artists, including Avishai Cohen (bass), Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Terence Blanchard, Kimberly Thompson, Ben Street, Joel Frahm, Nir Felder, Eli Degibri, Mark Guiliana, Donny McCaslin, Joe Martin, Justin Brown, Marcus Gilmore and Charles Altura. Eden also has recorded with a number of distinctive voices, including Wallace Roney, Eric Harland, Ben Wendel, Myron Walden, Darren Barrett, Gilad Hekselman, Ari Hoenig, Omer Avital, Philip Dizack, Joe Sanders, Dayna Stephens, Orlando le Fleming, Harish Raghavan, Marcos Varela, John Ellis and Camila Meza.

Growing up in Tel Aviv as the son of prominent Israeli drummer Gil Ladin, Eden began playing drums at age 4, but had gravitated toward the piano by age 8. He continued to cultivate a rhythmic fascination through grade school and, by age 14, had switched to piano as his principal instrument, studying privately with Alec Katz and Amit Golan, and with Yafim Yoffe for ear training and harmony. Having received the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship for jazz performance studies abroad, as well as a scholarship to study as an undergrad at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Eden began seeking out the instruction of such visionaries as, among others, George Cables, Reggie Workman, Billy Harper, Kirk Nurock, William Parker, Robert Sadin, Charles Tolliver, Gerard D’angelo, Jane Ira Bloom, Kevin Hays, Sam Yahel, Joanne Brackeen, Vijay Iyer, Doug Weiss, Ari Hoenig, Ben Monder and Lee Konitz—the latter of whom awakened Eden to an enduring concept: “Play what you sing; don’t sing what you play.”

Honesty of expression and virtuosic style has allowed Eden to play many of New York’s famed clubs and venues, including The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, Joe’s Pub, Webster Hall, Sullivan Hall, Dizzy’s Coca Cola, Iridium, BB King Blues Club, Smoke Jazz and Supper Club, The Stone, Smalls Jazz Club, Mezzrow, The Jazz Gallery, Le Poisson Rouge, 92Y, Symphony Space, National Sawdust and Highline Ballroom. Eden also has toured internationally, and played such world-renowned festivals and performance halls as Auditorium Parco della Musica (Italy), Auditorium de Lyon (France), Wiener Konzerthaus (Austria), Opera Garnier de Monte Carlo (Monaco), Bozar Center For Fine Arts (Belgium), Vilnius Congress Concert Hall (Lithuania), Cotton Club (Japan), Ronnie Scott’s (England), Duc des Lombards (France), Marian’s Jazz Room (Switzerland) Centro Cultural Roberto Cantoral (Mexico), Sesc Pompéia (Brazil), Marciac Jazz Festival Main Stage (France), Gent Jazz Festival (Belgium), Pontevedra Jazz Festival (Spain), Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel) and Festival Jazz International Rotterdam (Holland).

Sitting in silence, listening to the music resonating in his mind, Eden has uncovered a personal narrative of original compositions. Each reflects years of musical exploration, traveling back and forth between New York and Tel Aviv. His debut recording YEQUM (Contagious Music, 2017) presents 11 of these compositions, their unique artistries co-interpreted by Dayna Stephens, John Ellis, Gilad Hekselman, Harish Raghavan and Daniel Dor, alongside special guests Camila Meza and Yonatan Albalak. In Hebrew, “yequm” represents “universe.” Through his compositions, Eden has recreated his own personal universe, a glimpse at which he seeks to offer the listener with every track.

The record received very positive reviews from various magazines.

Adam Arruda
Born in Toronto, Adam Arruda has been surrounded by music from a very early age, growing up in a musical family. Adam began playing the drums at the age of 3, and began studying music via the ORFF method at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at 5 years of age. Later that year Adam began taking drum lessons with Steve Mancuso and playing in Jazz combos at the Humber College Community Music School, led by Cathy Mitro. By his teenage years he was already actively working on the local scene, and began leading his own combo at Humber. Adam received the prestigious Zildjian Outstanding Young Drummer and Combo Drummer Award from 2001-2008 at Music Fest Canada, as well as other honorary awards, and played in the Yamaha All Star Band from freshman year until senior year while he attended Claude Watson School for the Arts. At Claude Watson, Adam gained experience playing in Symphonic Band and delved even deeper in his studies. While in high school, he played in the Jazz FM Youth All Star Band every Saturday in his senior year. He also attended the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony in 2006 and 2007, the Vail Summer Jazz program, the School for Improvised Music, the Creative Music Workshop and other workshops in the U.S.A and Canada. In 2007 Adam was invited to the Grammy Awards to perform with the Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Big Band, and was chosen to study at the University of the Pacific for one year as a Brubeck Institute Fellow along with four others in 2008 under Joe Gilman on full scholarship.

At the Brubeck Institute, Adam had the privilege of studying with Joe Gilman, Taylor Eigsti, Jeff Ballard, Geoffrey Keezer, Ray Drummond, Yosvanny Terry, and many others and got a chance to play Jazz Festivals across the U.S, such as Detroit with greats like Christian McBride. The ‘08/’09 Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet received Downbeat Magazine’s Best College Combo twice. Shortly thereafter, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston until 2013 on scholarship, where he studied with Terri Lyne Carrington, Ralph Peterson Jr., Neal Smith, Jamey Haddad, Alain Mallet, Dave Santoro, Darren Barrett, Hal Crook, Jim Odgrin, Lennie Nelson and many others.

Adam has performed at the 2007 Grammy Awards, 2004 North Sea Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, Brubeck Jazz Festival, D.C Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Leuven Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, The California Hall Of Fame, Wally’s Jazz Club, The Green Mill, Bohemian Caverns, The Rex Jazz and Blues Bar, The Cellar, Smalls Jazz Club, Minton’s Playhouse, Fat Cat, Jazz Standard, The Jazz Gallery, National Arts Center, Smoke, Yoshi’s, Jimmy Mak’s and many more venues and festivals. Aside from performing, Adam also teaches private lessons and ensemble playing to all ages. Adam is also a proud endorser of Canopus Drums and Vater Percussion.

For the past 5 years, residing in Brooklyn, New York, Adam is among the most sought-after drummers in the music world and has had the privilege of working with such artists as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Kikoski, Aaron Goldberg, Alex Claffy, Orlando le Fleming, Matt Clohesy, Matt Brewer, Luques Curtis, Harish Raghavan, Wayne Escoffery, Joel Ross, Mike Moreno, Josh Evans, Greg Osby, 3WI, Dayna Stephens, Gilad Hekselman, Christian Scott, Charles Altura, Sam Yahel, Simona Premazzi, Kevin Eubanks, JD Allen, Stacy Dillard, Romain Collin, James Moody, Phil Woods, Tom Scott, Alita Moses, Orrin Evans, Alina Engibaryan, Joel Frahm, Veronica Swift, Martina DaSilva, Alex Goodman, Matt Marantz, Rick Rosato, Manuel Schmiedel, Eden Ladin, Ben Eunson, Godwin Louis, Nick Hempton, Randy Ingram , Alice Ricciardi, Yasushi Nakamura, Jeremy Pelt, Will Vinson, Bill McHenry, Philip Harper, Ralph Alessi, Erena Terakubo, Jason Palmer, Billy Buss, Joe Gilman, Jonathan Kreisberg, Yotam Silberstein and many more.

 Alexander Claffy
At 29 years old, Alexander Claffy is one of the most in demand bassists in NYC. Claffy was raised in a very musical household (his father is a pianist from the American songbook tradition, and his mother a vocalist and talent agent). After a career in children’s television acting, he moved on to have many of his earliest lessons on bandstands in the heart of Philadelphia. As a teenager, Claffy was fortunate enough to find a mentor in many Philly natives, and has continued his study of the double bass with some of the world’s finest musicians, including Ron Carter, Dwayne Burno, and Orin O’Brien. Since moving to New York City in 2010, he has had the honor of working with many of his living heroes, including Jimmy Cobb, Seamus Blake, Louis Hayes, Harold Mabern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, George Coleman, Chris Potter, David Kikoski, Orrin Evans, Christian Scott, Chris Botti, Joey Alexander, Eric Alexander, Melissa Aldana, Wallace Roney, Veronica Swift, JD Allen, Bruce Harris, Mike LeDonne and many more.  In the past 3 years he has recorded for the Verve, HighNote, Positone, RopeADope, Venus, Cellar Live and LaReserve record labels as both a supporting artist and a bandleader.