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jazzreview.com write-up for “Next Page”….
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Next Page is Yotam Silberstein’s debut release on Posi-Tone Records. Quite the smooth player, Silberstein’s guitar work has a creative flare relatable to Les Paul and a misty blues intonation that recalls of Greg Skaff. Born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Silberstein plays American style jazz as if he acquired it through osmosis. After serving his duty in the Israeli Army ...Read More
AAJ review for Yotam Silberstein “Next Page”…
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The organ trio approach is one of the more drenched-in-the-tradition formats in jazz. From Wes Montgomery‘s Riverside recordings throughGrant Green‘s Blue Note sets up to Dr. Lonnie Smith‘s innovations, there’s always a feeling of timeless soulfulness to the grouping of guitar, Hammond B3 organ and drums.
Tel Aviv-born guitarist Yotom Silberstein, on ...Read More
ejazznews.com review of “Next page”…
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New York-based guitarist Yotam Silberstein may not be a house hold name in jazz at the moment, but he certainly has become one of the busiest jazz guitarist in New York’s vibrant jazz scene and his first release for the Posi-Tone label, “Next Page” brings a tasty fresh new sound guaranteed to capture your attention. At the age of 21, Israeli-born Silberstein was named t ...Read More
Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece – Full View
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Posi-tone, the small independent jazz label from Venice Beach, California, is releasing cutting edge straight ahead jazz and making quite a name for itself.
Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece’s ‘Full View’ is a great example that kicks off with a blistering take on Sam Jones’ “Bittersweet”, moves neatly through a reflective version of M ...Read More
Yotam Silberstein, Next Page (CD review)
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Yotam Silberstein, Next Page (Posi-Tone Records)
In 2003, at age 21, Israeli-born guitarist Yotam Silberstein released his debut album on the Fresh Sound label, and aptly titled it The Arrival; the recording’s success opened the door to steady touring throughout Europe and the Middle East.
After six years, studies at the New School, and scores of New York gigs ...Read More
Jazztimes review of “Consequences”
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April 2009
John Escreet
Consequences
Posi-Tone
By Bill Milkowski
Straddling through-composed and free-form music, the U.K.-born pianist-composer John Escreet delves into original, forward-thinking territory with fellow New Yorkers and like-minded musical renegades like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, alto saxophonist David Binney, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. ...Read More
Another review for Steve Davis “Outlook”….
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Steve Davis has been making great ensemble jazz in live performance, with the sextet ‘One For All’ and with a sequence of albums as leader with the seemingly obscurantist Criss Cross label. So, it is good to see that Posi-tone have released “Outlook” and that this album will hopefully reach a wider audience.
The inspiration that Jackie Mc ...Read More
All About Jazz’s review of Jeremy Manasia’s “After Dark” CD…
www.allaboutjazz.comAfter Dark
Jeremy Manasia | Posi-Tone Records (2009)
By Terrell Kent Holmes
Pianist, composer and arranger Jeremy Manasia is the driving force behind After Dark, an excellent group of originals and standards rendered by Manasia, drummer Charles Ruggiero and bassist Barak Mori.
Manasia wrote most of the songs with classic jazz as his guiding principle. Up-tempo tunes like “ ...Read More
AAJ review of Steve Davis “Outlook”…
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Trombonist Steve Davis has spent much of his two-decade jazz career in larger ensembles—big bands but most notably sextets, from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Chick Corea’s Origin and the co-op band One for All to Benny Golson’s New Jazztet. But when Davis leads his own bands or puts out his own records he thinks smaller. Outlook is six quintet, two quarte ...Read More
Nate Chinen’s NYT review of John Escreet at the Jazz Gallery…
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/arts/music/24escr.html?ref=musicconsequences-john-escreet/
Building Bridges With a Post-Bop Ideal
John Escreet began his first set at the Jazz Gallery on Thursday night with a solo piano rumination, soft but stern. He was playing “No Doubt,” by the pianist-composer Andrew Hill, as an invocation, and maybe a stylistic pledge of allegiance. But then when he stru ...Read More