Jake Hertzog Trio to Perform At The Miles Cafe, 3/4
By: Caryn Robbins Mar. 03, 2011
Join Jake Hertzog, the electrifying young guitarist and his all-star rhythm section, for a special performance:
Jake Hertzog Trio with Harvie S (bass) and Victor Jones (drums)
Friday March 4th, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
The Miles Café Jazz Club
212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl.
(b/t 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
New York, NY 10022
http://www.milescafe.com/ny/
Jake Hertzog, one of the most original and exciting young guitarists on the of the modern jazz guitar and fusion. Drawing from extensive experience in the jazz world and indie rock scene, Hertzog has developed a truly original sound. At only 24 years old, Jake has already released two critically acclaimed fusion albums, Chromatosphere (2009, Thats Out) and Patterns (2010, Buckyball). A distinguished graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Jake performed with jazz greats Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, Michael Wolff, Mike Clark, and Greg Osby. In 2006 He was also the youngest ever winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Jazz Guitar Competition and was invited to open for John Scofield at the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival.
As a result of touring the US as bandleader for Nickelodeon pop-stars Nat and Alex Wolff, performing in arenas, and playing with dozens of indie rock bands in the New York scene most notably "Wakey Wakey", Jake developed a ferocious performance style, uncommon in the jazz world. In addition to an aggressive performance schedule, Jake is an active jazz educator and has done workshops all over the world. He currently writes a jazz column for Guitar Player Magazine (US) entitled "Hey Jazz Guy", and has been coined "The jazz ambassador to the non-jazz world". 2011 will be an exciting year for Jake Hertzog, as a new album is set to be released late spring, as well as Jakes singer-songwriter project "The Young Presidents" will also be releasing a new album.
The Jake Hertzog Trio, featuring jazz legends Harvie S and Victor Jones is one of the most dramatic and exciting 'force of nature' acts in the instrumental world. The unforgettable live experience is somewhere between, Jimi Hendrix and John Mayer, Pat Metheny and U2, Keith Richards and John Scofield. The only way to find out is to experience it yourself.
THE BAND:
-Harvie S- (bass)
The legendary Harvie S has performed and recorded with masters in music including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Gil Evans, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Art Farmer, Toots Thielemans, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Chick Corea, Erik Friedlander, Danilo Perez, Paquito D'Rivera, Pat Martino among many others and hailed by Jazz Improv as "one of the preeminent bass voices in jazz today."
-Victor Jones- (drums)
Victor Jones got his start in Stan Getz's band and has since performed and recorded with Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Michel Pettruciani, Dizzy Gillespie, Chaka Khan among others. One of the pioneers of "acid jazz", Jones continues to lead his own group "Culturversey", the current incarnation of which includes Jake Hertzog on guitar.
PRESS:
"Brilliant, a tremendous guitar talent, sure to garner widespread recognition" - All About Jazz
Echoes of Metheny, Stern, and Breau (among others) surface in Hertzog's playing, but his dazzlingly adventurous approach puts him in a jazz league all his own.
- Art Thompson, Guitar Player Magazine
"Patterns" is Guitar Player Magazine's Editor's Pick, June 2010!!
"It's almost safe to say that this sounds like nothing you've heard before. This is the guitar record you play when you absolutely, positively need to have your mind melted."
- Chris Spector, Midwest Records
"...undeniably killing."
- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Critic & Author (Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius)
"Tech heads and six-string fans need to hear guitarist Jake Hertzog..."
- Doug Simpson, CampusCircle.com
"There is something here that hasn't been heard before! Hertzog plays confident, even blistering solos... Certainly a must-buy for fans of great fusion and jazz guitar!"
- Steve Roberts, ZNR Records
"Pumping & full of life-giving energy... I'm once again highly impressed - and knowing I have an album my ears will listen to over & over & over again, as will yours."
- Rotcod Zzaj, ImproviJazzNation
"Jake Hertzog is a risk-taker and a mind-blowing guitarist. There is nothing else like it."
- Susan Frances, JazzReview.Com
"Sure to perk up the ears of all guitar fans."
- MWE3.com [Music Web Express 3000]
"Very impressive for such a young man!"
- John McLaughin
"Hertzog keeps listeners constantly on their toes, zigging when you might expect him to zag, and blazing through unorthodox intervallic maneuvers with an ease that would likely give players twice his age pause."
- Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player Magazine
"Hertzog is the real deal on many levels...one of the most original I have heard"
- Ralph A. Miriello, Jazz.com
"Advanced... moving... elegant..."
- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
"At his age Jake already belongs among the great jazzy guitar players like Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin to name but a few."
-Gert Hulshof, Dutch Progressive Rock Page
"Jake Hertzog is a unique voice in jazz with potential to be able to reach out to a jazz sensibility for a new audience for the music."
-100 Greatest Jazz Albums.com
"If there is such a place as power pop jazz, Hertzog is driving his material in that direction." - Susan Frances, Jazz Times
"The young guitarist has unlimited potential" - Bill Meredith, Jazz Times
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