www.glidemagazine.com Jared Gold/ Supersonic (Posi-Tone): Emphatically traditional, the keyboardist seems fiercely loyal to the sound of a guitar drums and Hammond B-3 organ trio as first conceived by Jimmy Smith. Yet Gold and company don’t sound static or academic anywhere on this CD, The Beatles: “In My Life” included. On the contrary, there’s a freshness in their playi ...Read More

www.allaboutjazz.com Some music defies description. In the case of drummer David Ashkenazy’sOut With It, words can hardly do justice to the varied moods and sounds of this eight-song set. Ashkenazy studied piano and guitar at age nine and later learned to play the drums. His varied musical tastes include reggae, blues, rock, bluegrass, and jazz. A California native now residing in New York, ...Read More

By Martin Gladu The jazz drumming tradition abounds in models for emulation and study, and two such models stand out in importance. For its sheer power, Elvin Jones’ work with saxophonist John Coltrane imposes itself on any serious student of the drum set. The other would be Paul Motian whose oblique, deconstructivist approach appears liberated of such notions as how many beats there are to ...Read More

by Layla Macoran Release date: August 4 on Posi-tone Records Producer: Marc Free Personnel: Joel Frahm-Saxophone; Gary Versace- Organ; Gilad Hekselman- Guitar; David Ashkenazy- Drums Out With It is an album that starts one way and quickly proves to be something more. Moving from the classic Shorter tune ”Children of the Night” to the Beatles’ “I Want You” within three tracks is a sign o ...Read More

by Mike Corroto David Ashkenazy, the Southern California drummer now living in New York, creates a memorable session by way of the compositions selected and his combination of players. By placing the talents of the habitually underrated saxophonist Joel Frahm and guitarist Gilad Hekselman, who garnered acclaim on drummer Ari Hoenig’s disc Bert’s Playground (Dreyfus, 2008), he focuses ...Read More