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Pini Shavit

"Here is a guitar player who plays with a lot of heart and soul" - Jack Wilkins. Guitarist Pini Shavit was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. After showing much enthusiasm for music Pini began to play the guitar at age 14. Shortly after, his first guitar teacher introduced him to jazz. At age 17, Pini began to play professionally with various groups around Israel and later worked with Jess Koren, one of Israel’s leading saxophone players. Over the years, Pini has had the honor of performing with Israeli musicians such as Jerry Garvel, Yitzhak Yedid, Arnie Lawrence and many more. In January, 2001, Pini moved to New York to explore the city's vast jazz scene