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CD Hotlist recommends Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Joined by tenor saxophonist Harry Allen (who is himself one of the top players of straight-ahead jazz and swing currently working), pianist Ehud Asherie romps his way through a wonderful set of American Songbook standards, referring back to stride, bop, and swing traditions and making you hear familiar fare like “S’posin’,” “When I Grow Too Old to Dream,” and “Th ...Read More
Lucid Culture goes to the “Lower East Side” with Ehud Asherie…
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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen Take Their Act Downtown
A little over a year ago, Posi-Tone put out Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen’s Upper West Side, a duo set of standards with a comfortably sleek, old New York sophistication. Now the pianist and tenor saxophonist have taken their act downtown with Lower East Side. Does this new album evoke superannuated wannabe prom ...Read More
Outside-Inside-Out on Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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If you were fortunate enough to hear Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen’s Upper West Side, which I gave a 4.5 star review of in Downbeat, then you should must check out the duo’s latest release, Lower East Side. Every quality that graced the former album is abundant on the latter: Asherie’s delicious touch and masterful stride playing, Allen’s husky and romant ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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In this day and age, when shock-and-awe maneuvers and new-thing sounds tend to get all the plaudits and press in jazz, it says a lot when a throwback duo date is widely admired by critics and fans alike. Such was the case with pianist Ehud Asherie’s Upper West Side (Posi-Tone, 2012), which brought him into contact with like-minded saxophonist Harry Allen and present ...Read More
SomethingElseReviews! writes up an in depth look at the new Ehud Asherie disc “Lower East Side”…
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As like-minded practitioners of traditional jazz, pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor saxman Harry Allen have gotten together to play duets in NYC’s famed jazz clubs such as Small’s. They also paired up for an enjoyable and intimate set on record, Upper West Side, Asherie’s forth album. Now only a year later, Asherie returns with Allen and Lower East Side, where they ...Read More
The Jazz Word on Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie – Lower East Side
2013 Posi-Tone
Lower East Side is pianist Ehud Asherie’s sequel to last year’s Upper West Side. Once again Asherie entertains in the company of tenor saxophonist Harry Allen through a set of choice standards. The like-minded duo produce sophisticated swing with predictable results, engaging an elegance in style w ...Read More
Critical Jazz reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie / Harry Allen Lower East Side Posi-Tone 2013
Posi-Tone has quickly become one of my two favorite straight ahead record labels due primarily to the consistency and high quality releases their formidable stable of artists continue to churn out. Lower East Side which streets on 02/26/13 is no exception.
Now there are plenty of good piano/tenor saxophone ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen: Lower East Side (2013)
By
BRUCE LINDSAY,
Published: February 7, 2013
Pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen are established musical partners with a shared fondness for a time when songwriting giants like Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers were at their creative zeniths. Lower East Side is the pair’s second duo ...Read More
Midwest Record on Ehud/Harry “Upper West Side”…
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EHUD ASHERIE with Harry Allen/Upper West Side: When you can’t tell just who is the leader on this duo date why is that Allen gets kind of a minority billing? And just why has this sweetie of a date been sitting in the can for 3 years? Screw the weak economy! A sublime face off between two jazz cats at the top of their games on piano and sax, the set list focuses on oldies b ...Read More
Tom Hull on the “Upper West Side”…
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Ehud Asherie: Upper West Side (2009 [2012], Posi-Tone): Pianist, b. 1979, Israeli (as I recall; his Flash website crashed when I tried to look at it), based in New York; sixth album since 2007. This is a duo “with” tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, who gets smaller, skinny type on the front cover, but carries the standards set, especially from “Our Love Is Here to St ...Read More