Lucid Culture reviews Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”…
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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen’s Magical Upper West Side
What does the thought of New York’s Upper West Side conjure up for you? Homeless Iraq war vets panhandling at the subway station at 72nd and Broadway? Cops frisking teens for contraband twenty blocks north in order to meet the quotas of cheap arrests arbitrarily imposed by NYPD brass? Brand-new multimillion-doll ...Read More
The Jazz Word on Steve Horowitz “New Monsters”….
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Anchored by Steve Horowitz’s fretless bass, New Monstersexplores quirky grooves and thematic material with plenty of room for open-ended improvisation. Along with Horowitz, The San Francisco-based quintet features the dueling saxophone front-line of Steve Adams and Dan Plonsey—who composes the groups material—, pianist Scott Looney and drummer Jim Bove.
Tight, t ...Read More
Phil Freeman on Doug Webb “Swing Shift”…
http://burningambulance.com/2012/02/21/doug-webb-ehud-asherie/
Also in 2009, on April 24 to be precise, saxophonist Doug Webb went into Entourage Studios in North Hollywood, California with bassist Stanley Clarke (yes, that one) and drummer Gerry Gibbs. Three different pianists—Joe Bagg, Mahesh Balasooriya and Larry Goldings—stopped by for a few hours each. The trio and its guest pian ...Read More
Burning Ambulance reviews Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”…
http://burningambulance.com/2012/02/21/doug-webb-ehud-asherie/
Israeli-born pianist Ehud Asherie‘s latest Posi-Tone release (his fourth) is a collection of standards arranged for piano and tenor saxophone, the latter instrument played by Harry Allen, who previously worked with Asherie on 2010′s Modern Life, a quartet album that also featured bassist Joel Forbes and drummer Chuck Riggs. T ...Read More
JazzWrap on Ehud Asherie’s new CD “Upper West Side” featuring Harry Allen…
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Ehud Asherie & Harry Allen: Upper West Side
Ehud Asherie (piano)
Harry Allen (sax)
Upper West Side (Posi-Tone Records; 2012)
A classic sound and supreme mastery from Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen on their duet album, Upper West Side. This album shines with a series of standards that are performed exquisitely but aren’t just your regular revisit of past benc ...Read More
John Barron at The Jazz Word weighs in on Doug Webb “Swing Shift”…
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Doug Webb – Swing Shift
2011 Posi-Tone
Los Angeles-based saxophonist Doug Webb delivers a muscular set of high-end jam session jazz on Swing Shift, his third release of material taken from a marathon recording session in April, 2009. Along with bass legend Stanley Clarke and drummer Gerry Gibbs, Webb invites a trio of guest pianists to augment the disc’s six track ...Read More
Tom Reney provides some amazing coverage for Ehud Asherie and his new CD “Upper West Side”…
http://jazztimes.com/sections/jazzalamode/articles/29465-is-ehud-asherie-in-town
Is Ehud Asherie in Town?
Tom Reney blogs about emerging piano talent
Ehud Asherie is one of the musicians I look for whenever I’m in New York, and if he’s not on the road, I usually get lucky and find him at a piano somewhere in town. On a recent visit, I had the good fortune of hearing him two nights ...Read More
Richard Kamins Step Tempest review for Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”….
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Israeli-born pianist Ehud Asherie teams up with tenor saxophonist Harry Allen for an 11-pack of standards, most, if not all composed before either player was born. “Upper West Side“, the second CD the duo has recorded for Posi-Tone Records; they worked with a rhythm section on 2010’s “Modern Life.” If you have only heard Asherie as ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky’s AAJ review of Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”…
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=41385
The closing track on pianist Ehud Asherie’s Modern Life(Posi-Tone, 2010), whether intentional or not, came to serve as musical foreshadowing for this album. Modern Lifehas Asherie leading a crack quartet through a program of largely lesser-performed gems by cream-of-the-crop composers like George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Tadd Damero ...Read More
The Jazz Word writer John Barron on Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”….
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Ehud Asherie w/Harry Allen – Upper West Side
Pianist Ehud Asherie’s previous piano recording—he also plays organ—for Posi-Tone records, Modern Life, was a memorable quartet date featuring tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. For his latest release, Upper West Side, Asherie retains the service of Allen for a more intimate duo setting, showcasing the broad ...Read More