AAJ take five with Noah Haidu…

www.allaboutjazz.com Meet Noah Haidu: Pianist and composer Noah Haidu is evidence that 21st century jazz can be adventurous, fresh and swing hard; that an exciting, modern pianist can play memorable...

AAJ review for Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side” with Harry Allen…

www.allaboutjazz.com Ehud Asherie with Harry Allen: Upper West Side (2012) By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: March 1, 2012 Track review of "My Blue Heaven"  Wherever tenor saxophonist Harry Allen shows up, there is sure...

Another positive review for Nick Hempton “The Business”…

http://www.criticaljazz.com/ "I don't like jazz but I like that..." Sound familiar? Nick Hempton's sophomore release from 2011 is text book straight ahead swing with as a label executive friend of...

Lucid Culture reviews Ehud Asherie “Upper West Side”…

lucidculture.wordpress.com 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...

The Jazz Word on Steve Horowitz “New Monsters”….

thejazzword.blogspot.com 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...

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...

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...

JazzWrap on Ehud Asherie’s new CD “Upper West Side” featuring Harry Allen…

jazzwrap.blogspot.com 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...

John Barron at The Jazz Word weighs in on Doug Webb “Swing Shift”…

thejazzword.blogspot.com 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...