Alon Near is an Israeli bass player, currently based in New York Alon begun studying music in Israel at the age of 14, and was awarded the 1st prize at the “Rostov International Jazz Competition” in 2013, a full-tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music in 2011, and was a finalist of "The Jazz Musician" competition in the Rimon School for Contemporary Music. In 2015, Alon moved to New York, and graduated from the New School For Jazz with an Honorary Degree. Shortly after, Alon began working and performing as a professional bass player in New York, sharing the stage with jazz legends such as  Multi-Grammy Award Winner (including the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album) Billy Childs and his Quartet, DownBeat Awarded saxophonist Eli Degibri, world-renowned pianist Johnny O’Neal many more, in various halls and festivals including the New York Winter Jazz Festival, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, etc.. Alon is currently a member of the Eli Degibri Quartet, touring all over Europe on a regular basis, and is featured on their latest album “Henri and Rachel”