Jazz Articles about Jonathan Kreisberg

Jonathan Kreisberg Trio: New for Now

by John Kelman
November 15, 2005

Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg's recent Mel Bay Records release, Unearth, focused exclusively on his own writing, with a contemporary aesthetic that placed him smack dab in the middle of turf also explored by Kurt Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers. New for Now, on the other hand, divides Kreisberg's attention between four original compositions and an equal number of jazz standards. While both records are of a decidedly mainstream nature, New for Now rests more closely towards the center, but that needn't imply ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Nine Stories Wide and Unearth

by Terrell Kent Holmes
November 6, 2005

Jonathan Kreisberg is an exciting young guitarist whose two latest releases will go a long way toward affirming his prominent place in the jazz landscape.

Jonathan Kreisberg Nine Stories Wide Criss Cross 2005

Nine Stories Wide is a multi-layered program of old and new classics blended with originals. “Summertime" opens with a forbidding bass line by Larry Grenadier over Kreisberg's small intro over the theme. It's clear from this song that Kreisberg is a ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Unearth

by John Kelman
September 27, 2005

Some artists evolve gradually over a long period of time, while others seem to advance in great leaps and bounds. Over the past decade, guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has gone from progressive rocker to fusion shredder to modernistic mainstreamer. In the last couple of years he's recorded two discs for Criss Cross--2004's Nine Stories Wide, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart; and a 2005 organ trio date, New for Now, with organist Gary Versace and drummer Mark Ferber. While ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Trioing

by Phil DiPietro
January 1, 2003

Some weird synergy was responsible for me perusing the current issue of Jazz Times while listening to guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg's astounding straight-ahead debut. An uncanny association occurred when I read Branford Marsalis's assertion, made during a blindfold test (while listening to a different player), that he would, “ban all guitar from jazz records" and “stick them in Foxwoods commercials, in perpetuity", precisely while being blindsided by Kreisberg's 90 second rendition of “Have You Met Miss Jones?" I sincerely doubt Branford's ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Trioing

by David Adler
January 1, 2003

Add Jonathan Kreisberg to your list of new and undiscovered jazz treasures. The New York-based guitar whiz has been featured to great effect in Yosvany Terry’s band and also with his own electrifying quintet, featuring Scott Wendholt, Gary Versace, Matt Penman, and Anthony Pinciotti. Trioing, his debut as a leader, is a trio standards session with bassist Johannes Weidenmueller and drummer Ari Hoenig (Kenny Werner’s steady rhythm section). While listeners must await a future quintet release for ...