Born and raised in Israel, Trombonist, composer and bandleader Reut Regev started shaping her impressive reputation on the Jazz scene at a young age. At only five years old she was introduced to the piano, and then added the trombone to her repertoire at age thirteen. While in high school, she had the opportunity to play with some of Israel’s most creatively improvisational musicians, as well as perform at Israel’s top Jazz Festivals. Reut eventually decided to concentrate on her beloved trombone, and has proven to be a remarkably inspiring innovator. After serving in Israel’s army band as first Trombnonist and soloist, Reut made her way to NYC, joining her now husband, drummer Igal Foni.

Reut has been living and creating music in NYC for over a decade, collaborating, recording and touring with some of the finest musicians in various fields, including Latin, Klezmer, Rock, Blues, Jazz, contemporary classical and improvised music. Anthony Braxton, Frank London, Butch Morris, Joe Bataan, Firewater, Elliott Sharp, Dave Douglas, Metropolitan Klezmer, Hazmat Modine and many more have picked Reut as their Trombonist of Choice for tours, recordings and other projects. In 2004 Reut was honored with the “Best New Talent” Award by All About Jazz Magazine, proving her drive and passion.

Throughout the years Reut has also worked on many projects of her own and in conjunction with her husband, drummer, Igal Foni. This includes her current project, R*time. Reut’s debut recording, “This is R*time”, was released in 2009 on Ropeadope, and received fantastic reviews. All about Jazz calls it “a stunning debut”, “Breathtakingly expansive and unabashedly modern”, the Jazz Times says “wildly imaginative and virtuosic”, “a provocative brew that straddles the heavy metal bebop devide”, and the IAJRC - “a knock-out”.

In the Fall of 2009 Reut and R*time performed a successful European tour, sharing the main stage of the Göttingen Jazz Festival with Mike Stern and Randy Brecker, and playing the Berlin Jazz Festival with Guitarist Jean Paul Bourelly, a performance the Frankfurter Randshau calls “the discovery of the festival” and the Jung Welt Berlin “one of the pleasant surprises”, “a Freefunk thunderstorm”.

Reut continues to create and her plans for the near future include releases with some of her other projects, “The Funbrasstick Orchestera”, a duo with Igal Foni, and “Brassix”, a Brass centric Ensemble, playing compositions originally commissioned by the Festival of New Trumpet music. And of course, R*time’s second CD is also in the works!

More about R*time here