Ezra Weiss is a gifted acoustic musician, composer, bandleader and arranger. He is often referred to as a “Young Lion”, which jazz critics refer to as someone who began playing straight-ahead jazz instead of fusion, avantgarde jazz or crossover jazz. Although the hard bop/post-bop pianist was born in the 1990s, his main influences were people who were well-known in the ’40s and ’50s or ’60s. Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, and Kenny Barron are among the pianists who have affected Weiss’ piano playing, and his arranging/bandleading style owes a lot to Art Blakey
