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Miri Ben-Ari
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Born
Israel

Years Active:
90s | Current

 
How many artists can say they got props from both superstar rapper Jay-Z and Carnegie Hall favorite Isaac Stern? Hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari can. When the Israeli-born virtuoso's family couldn't afford her violin lessons anymore, it was Stern who stepped in and recommended Ben-Ari for an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship. She was later chosen to play in the prestigious Israeli Army String Quartet and fell in love with jazz, a love that brought her to the United States and the Mannes School of Music in New York City. Straight out of school she released her debut in 1999. ...
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  Album Title Released Label Price
The Hip-Hop Violinist



2005 Universal $6.99
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Influences
Jean Luc Ponty Miles Davis & Bill Laswell Miles Davis Miles Davis & John Coltrane Miles Davis & Gil Evans Miles Davis & Quincy Jones Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins Charlie Parker Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Formal Connections
Kanye West Jay-Z Janet Jackson Wynton Marsalis Mariah Carey Black Star Mos Def Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles Patti LaBelle Scarface Fabolous Pharoahe Monch ThalĂ­a Joe Joe Budden Mya Rahzel

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