ROY BEN BASHAT

New York City-based guitarist, composer, producer, and songwriter Roy Ben Bashat is a rising star who has already achieved much in his young, burgeoning career.

Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, Ben Bashat has started his professional career at the age of 15, performing locally at the Jazz scene in Israel, while attending the prestigious Thelma Yellin High School of the arts. At the age of 17, he was offered a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, which he excepted. Shortly after relocating to Boston, Ben Bashat started recording with Grammy- winner Darren Barrett and performing with award- winning Noah Preminger, performing weekly at the legendary Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club, and touring around the world with different projects.

After studying production at Berklee, Ben Bashat started producing his own music, releasing demos and live sessions on YouTube and SoundCloud, and soon to be a full-length album, which he will release under all digital platforms. In his music, Ben Bashat is exploring new and exciting ways to navigate sounds, through the influences of lyricism, Jazz, Folk, and Buddhism.

Currently, Ben Bashat is based in Brooklyn, NYC, performing locally and touring internationally with his most recent project “Songs From Self Retreat”, as well as collaborating with other artists.

Notable Collaborators include Luis Perdomo, Noah Preminger, Darren Barrett, Eric McPherson, Lex Korten, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, and Fernando Michelin.

Dubbed as “an incredible young talent that plays with so much patience and maturity” by Jazziz magazine, RoyBB has already performed on some of the most notable stages in the world, including the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), the Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel), Webster Hall (NYC), Cambridge Jazz Festival (Cambridge, MA), Small’s Jazz Club (NYC), and Sanders Theatre (Boston, MA)