The all-Gershwin event, which is supported by the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York, will feature Mintus and his working unit of bassist Omri Hadani and drummer Yonatan Rosen. Their special guests will include Ravid Kahlani (vocals), Yonatan Voltzok (trombone), Ilan Salem (flute), Alexander Levin (saxophone), Ariel Bart (harmonica), Nitzan Birnbaum (percussion), and Hillel Salem (trumpet).
Not yet 30, Mintus splits his time between Tel Aviv and New York City. His unique, freewheeling style borrows from both jazz and classical traditions, interweaving influences ranging from Harlem stride and the Great American Songbook to flamenco and Jewish folk melodies.
Guy Mintus states, “Israeli jazz musicians are very much indebted to the founders of the Black American art form called Jazz. Personally, when I came to study and live in New York seven years ago, the jazz community embraced and nurtured me. I know many of my compatriots have experienced the same thing and in these troubled times, it feels necessary to express our solidarity from afar. I'm honored to support the Jazz Foundation of America, which has given back to the source of this music for over 30 years, and it feels fitting to feature the music of the American Jewish composer, so heavily associated with New York, and who wrote the first jazz/blues opera for which it is mandatory that it's performed by Black artists.” | 
