Ari Hoenig "Arrows and Loops" Live on Soundcheck 

Holy shit. It must be fun to be that good at the drums and the guitar and bass.

ari is no joke bro.

What I love about Ari is being able to watch him refine his style over the years. I've been listening to him since I was a teenager, and it seems to me that he has slowly but surely refined his style- making it more controlled, precise, and sophisticated, without ever losing that crazy spastic wildness thats always made him so fun to watch and listen to. A true beginners mind.

Ari is a complete freak! How in the hell is he hitting all of those notes with such grace?

the drum guys face tho :'o and the guitar guy also omg best thing ever

the stank face is strong with this one! phenomenal playing.

I have listened to this song 100 times and I've played drums for 10 years and I will never be this confident in 11/8 ever.

OMG that ending is so SICK.

I keep coming back to this live recording, but I wish the drum cameras weren't SOOOOO off time. Ari hits a cymbal and I only hear the sound 3 seconds afterwards. The guys are doing such a great job on this song, and I want the recording to show that. The visuals for the drums are simply off-time for the first 2 or 3 minutes. After that, it syncs up.

Jeff Hamilton is my perfect Model for a Drummer. I'll bet anything Ari is a huge Admirer/Fan. It's such a pleasure to discover this rare talent. Ari, you're absolutely one of the best Drummers I have ever heard. Harmony and Syncopation all in one player? Hey i'm in. Let's hear more!

First off, Hoenig can swing (and does, see his arrangements of "Moanin'," "The Way You Look Tonight,"and his original "Birdless."). In fact, he can swing better than a lot of drummers who actually restrict themselves to pure bop playing. Hoenig explores other styles, and indeed, he doesn't always swing in those styles. That doesn't mean "it's all for nothing", it just means he has different goals for his music. I for one am glad he's pushing musical boundaries rather than only focusing on swing.

It would be so much better if the video and sound were synced.

my thoughts exactly... wonderful touch and every hit has the right amount of volume... fantastic...

This is great, looks like theyre having so much fun

1:03 BAD EDITING ari is playin something else

Amazing, as always!

What an awesome performance!

this was amazing

Astonishing Ari

Sensationell!! I heard you guys at Northea jazz in Rotterdam in 2009,very impressive. I love this video.Beautiful playing,fine composition,very good sound and picture Hope to see and hear you again at North sea jazz perhaps in 2012??

thats the look of a seriously happy and capable drummer doing his thing..

the head is in 11/16 , you can count it like one bar of 3/16 and then just a bar of 4/8 "123 1 2 3 4" That time sig continues throughout the whole solo sections and the little parts in between the head. The slower section alternates between 5/4 and 6/4,

they should make an album

Speechless. Amazing.

@Sandemose Thank you, excellant musicians

..beautiful drumming.. ;-)

Thank you . ^_^

beautiful !!

5:28 staring into my soul

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

my vid was out of snyc now i really feel the vibe!

who is on guitar, is that Kurt Rosenwinkel. Also who is bass player. This is absolutely beautiful playing. Everybody listening so well.

This video is so awesome! It influenced me so much! Ari is on fire!🔥🔥🔥

Yeah, keep that going. That's the sh*t right there. You're doin' it!

What ride is he playing there...giving me goosebumps!

That ride!

A wizard!!!

he reminds me of keith karlock, how he moves and facial expressions

I must learn his lick from 3:27! I hear this lick in Birdless and his other live performances

0:01 to 0:10

It should be a Meinl Dragon Ride. Sounds great, and sadly enough they don't make them anymore. Stopped sometime during the 80's I think?

@tcslick420 Aside from a sort of faint general resemblance, it's also interesting that they play in similar way. They both seem to have similar stick technique.

@decadyne They both studied at North Texas w/ Ed Soph... that's the reason haha. Carlock turned to Rock/Funk while Ari stuck to a more traditional jazz style representative of Soph's work.

what cymbals is he using? one is the 22 left side ride, and the other? anyone?

Sick!!!

ui que beleza de som!!! emocionante!!!

Muito bom!!!

@331paradiddle its Gilad Hekselman not Kurt Rosenwinkel.

WORD.

JEEEEEZ

wow

@timh7403 Makes sense since they went to the same college. Love both of those drummers but I have to say I prefer Ari's vocabulary.

nice "peace" quote at 2:41

Suuper💪

fucking awesome dudeeeee!!,

I wish I could understand what's happening here :-(, nonetheless it doesn't stop me for enjoying it!

Where's a working link? Who else is playing?

audio and video out of sync

pffhhhhh - hammerhart !!!!

@Etwizzy99 Wow, that's interesting, actually. Thanks for the info!

So what you are saying, is because you dont dig the approach he's going for, that must mean fundamentally he's doing something wrong and it's not that you're level of perception that needs looking at. Yeah. Right.

maravilhoso

Ryan Raynolds on guitar wow !

oh yah!

video and audio are out of sync, but it sounds nice.

AAAAAAHHHH Damn!

What is '' Time Signature'' of Arrows and Loops????

Where is Tigran??

Does anybody know what ride he uses in this video?

Who knew that bill hader was that good at drums?

name of this track anyone?

Great observation skills man. And I am not being sarcastic.

00:47~00:52 !!!!!!!

2:45 - 2:50 that fking frase Ari...

:-) Maneiro!!!

He´s the drummer from Notre Dame.

0:37 can anyone explain those 3 snare hits ?

djezz at its finnest

nope, the whole video is off with the audio. ari's wearing headphones to hear the band from probably the other room.

what's the guitarists name?

bad ass

increase bass volume!

Orlando LaFlemming on bass (spelling?)

5:33

I believe the head's in 11? I'm not sure

This vid would be gold if it was synced.

Is it just a soundcheck ? O.o

Does anyone know who this guitarist is?

@timh7403 I was thinking the exact same thing

That's Gilad Hekselman!

dig ari! reminds me a lot of keith carlock, sound wise... technique obviously very different

he s not jonathan kreisberg gilad hekselman

@batakamx HOLY.. I wouldn't have noticed.. that was creepy

Koekoek!

whowwwwww

tay amin'amany

wow! i feel bad for u

this is disgusting! ari is killing this!

chequen el minuto uno hay un error¡¡¡

go to his web site, all shall be revealed