A killer guitar and Hammond session with a really sublime sort of sound – a groove that’s wonderfully free of cliche – and which has an open, spacious quality that few artists can match! Given the instrumentation, the album’s steeped in tradition, but never tries to just rehash an older Prestige Records vibe – and instead guitarist Ed Cherry and organist Kyle Koehler find a way ...Read More

The vet guitar man that more than earned his spurs in Dizzy Gillespie’s last stand kicks an organ trio into gear on his latest that explores the past with a big ear open to the future. A real swinging groover of a date, all you need to do is sit back and let Cherry and his crew do all the driving–which they do in a big, bold way. Hot stuff that never let’s you down, this is a so ...Read More

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=52885 Like any jazz recording worth its salt, Ed Cherry‘s Soul Tree, his second release for the Posi-Tone imprint, impresses on more than one level. Cherry’s interpretations of often performed jazz standards—Mal Waldron‘s “Soul Eyes,” Dave Brubeck‘s “In Your Own Sweet Way,” Horace Silver‘s “ ...Read More