The Soul Jazz Chef

When you have an event you want to organize for your selected few or many, the last thing you need to worry about is how to get the most grooving, swinging, smooth, and engaging jazz for your budget. You also need a reliable person to communicate with, who has the experience and understanding of coordinating the logistics for the success of your event.

Our music is JUST RIGHT for your event thanks to years of experience, whether we play to compliment a good conversation, or a quiet dance during a cocktail hour.

Our repertoire covers music by artists such as Duke Ellington, Jazz Messengers, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Dizzy, Gershwin, Brubeck, Sinatra, Billy Holiday Jobim, and many others. We also play covers by major pop composers while employing our unique jazzy flavor. You will have the pleasure hear our band grooving and swinging on pop classics by Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, and The Beatles. We also take requests.
The Soul jazz Chef employs top professional jazz artists from the NYC metropolitan area.
Choose a real jazz chef to cook a perfect musical event for you!

Guitarist and composer Avi Rothbard is one of New York’s prominent jazz guitarists and a jazz clinician.

Born and raised in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, Israel, Avi Rothbard has moved to Boston Mass in the summer of 1995, after receiving a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music. During his Berklee years, Mr. Rothbard has received The Jimmy Hendrix Award, Boston Jazz Society Award, Guitar Dpt. Achievement Award and The William Leavitt Award. Mr. Rothbard holds a Masters degree in jazz studies from the City College of New York and is also a 2013 recipient of the Bronx Council on The Arts award(BRIO) in the instrumental music category.

A prolific composer, Rothbard’s compositions are featured in several recordings of his peers. In 2014 , Avi Rothbard has won the John Lennon Award for the jazz category.

Since residing in New York City in 1999, Avi Rothbard has led and co-led ensembles in some of the major jazz venues around the world. Mr. Rothbard has worked with jazz veterans, as well as the new generation of jazz masters such as Ben Riley, Jeremy Pelt, Freddy Cole, Wayne Escoffery, Gregory Porter, Ray Drummond, Alex Blake, Mike Clark and Jay Leonhart, to name just a few.

Avi Rothbard’s name is included in Scott Yanow’s book: “The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide”

I provide all equipment for my events. Bigger events with a stage should be addressed prior if there is a need for additional gear or a sound engenieer person.