Yonatan Bar Rashi

Yonatan was born August 23, 1958, and raised in NYC and began knocking on things from early youth. His sister got him his first pair of "congas" when he was 10 years old - two pickle barrels from Chinatown with goatskin heads on rims held on by C clamps. His first public playing was at some big parties in the late 60's in NYC and Woodstock, with African groups, including the drummers for Odetta. Yonatan Bar Rashi is the eldest son of the late Avraham Bar Rashi (formerly Allan Gittler), a time-bending guitar great who worked with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones and others. Yonatan's father used classical technique on electric guitar and designed the minimalist Gittler Guitar, the only musical instrument in the permanent collection of NY's Museum of Modern Art. Yonatan currently performs and records in Israel with his own ensembles in various genres, and performs in concert tours, festivals and recordings in Europe with leading Gypsy/jazz singers/composers Desiderius Dužda, Ida Kelarová and more.