CAA: EREZ DESSEL ALBUM RELEASE

Description

Join us as we celebrate Erez Dessel’s latest release, PRO FAKE NO REJECT (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2025) out July 11th. This free event will feature a deep dive into some of the piano recordings in the ESS Creative Audio Archive, a conversation with John Corbett, and performances from Erez Dessel, Paul Giallorenzo, and Sharon Udoh.

PRO FAKE NO REJECT highlight Dessel’s bracing approach to the keyboard and deeply intuitive sense of form. With ten concise solo piano tracks summoning references to Cecil Taylor and the Don Pullen/Milford Graves duets, and an almost Russian Romantic darkness – imagine an improvised Mussorgsky – offset by keen emotional intelligence, this music is filled with joyful melodicism and an airborne quality.

Erez Dessel (USA 1998) is an improvising pianist and composer living and working in Chicago, Illinois. He holds a BM in jazz piano from the New England Conservatory of Music. Dessel’s work explores the piano as a vehicle for human connection. A primary part of his practice is the history of the instrument as a tool for storytelling and world-building. His current group activity includes the bands Edition Redux, Look Both Days, Ra Bishop, and Banana Acid; as well as frequent work as a solo performer.  Dessel created and curates the Night School series, which presents video artists and improvising musicians in a spontaneous performance context.  Dessel has toured nationally and internationally, including performances in Europe and Korea and festival appearances at Edgefest, the Catalytic Sound festival, the Madrid jazz festival, and the Wels Music Unlimited festival. His concerts and recordings have received critical acclaim, with releases on Corbett vs. Dempsey, Audiographic Records, and Amalgam Music, and in 2025, he was selected as an Arts Club of Chicago fellow. He has worked continuously both as a performer and organizer in Chicago, recording in an array of contexts with many internationally renowned musicians (including Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Kim Alpert, and Ben Hall). 

DOORS: 6:00 PM / SHOW: 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Links:

https://corbettvsdempsey.com/records/pro-fake-no-reject

https://erezdessel.com