Alon Oleartchik was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1950 and immigrated to Israel at the age of six. Following in the footsteps of his father, Edward Oleartchik, a well-known songwriter in Poland, young Alon was given an early training in classical piano. Known in later years as a remarkable bass player, Oleartchik masters a variety of instruments, including piano and guitar. He developed his interest in jazz as the bass player for Platina, Israel's first jazz band with original music, which toured in America and performed in the Newport Jazz Festival in 1972. Before studying composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1970's, Alon was a co-founder, writer and singer in Kaveret, Israel's most famous and popular rock group to date. After graduation from Berklee, Oleartchik remained in America, inspired by and active in New York's Lower East Side avant garde jazz…
