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Album Review

David Ashkenazy: Out With It

Read "Out With It" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Some music defies description. In the case of drummer David Ashkenazy's Out With It, words can hardly do justice to the varied moods and sounds of this eight-song set. Ashkenazy studied piano and guitar at age nine and later learned to play the drums. His varied musical tastes include reggae, blues, rock, bluegrass, and jazz. A California native now residing in New York, Ashkenazy performs in a wide range of musical environments, associating with many other musicians, including ...

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Extended Analysis

David Ashkenazy: Out With It

Read "David Ashkenazy: Out With It" reviewed by Martin Gladu


David Ashkenazy Out With It Posi-Tone 2009

The jazz drumming tradition abounds in models for emulation and study, and two such models stand out in importance. For its sheer power, Elvin Jones' work with saxophonist John Coltrane imposes itself on any serious student of the drum set. The other would be Paul Motian whose oblique, deconstructivist approach appears liberated of such notions as how many beats there are to the bar or ...


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