Jazz Articles about Oz Noy

About Oz Noy

Album Review

Oz Noy: Twisted Blues Volume 2

Read "Twisted Blues Volume 2" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 17, 2014

Two and a half years on from Twisted Blues Volume 1, guitar ace Oz Noy returns with another incendiary serving of jazz-inflected blues. In the intervening period Noy has hardly been idle, releasing a couple of instructional DVDs and touring regularly but his return to the recording studio with his blues bag is certainly welcome. As on Twisted Blues Vol 1, Noy surrounds himself with numerous collaborators--seventeen in total--and no two songs feature the same line-up. Though recorded two years ...

Talking 2 Musicians

Oz Noy

by Alan Bryson
July 28, 2014

As a top session guitarist in his native Israel, Oz Noy was at home playing jazz, blues, funk, and rock. Since emmigrating to the United States in 1996 he has been based in New York City where he has become a regular fixture on the local jazz scene, including his standing gig at the Bitter End. He plays a Stratocaster with a tone, feel, and energy that is likely to appeal to fans of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix, ...

Multiple Reviews

The Helping Hands Of Oz Noy

by Dan Bilawsky
November 10, 2012

Jazz Heaven rolled out its initial wave of instructional DVDs in 2011, entering the market with a slew of top-quality offerings that showcase modern-day monsters doling out their hard-earned wisdom for eager students willing to listen and learn. Each disc in that batch, which includes outstanding entries from drummer Ralph Peterson, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi and several other notable figures, delivers something special and different, with each instructor putting their art and soul into their work. These musicians ...

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Album Review

Oz Noy: Twisted Blues Volume 1

Read "Twisted Blues Volume 1" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 11, 2012

Born in Israel and a New Yorker since 1996, guitarist Oz Noy's star is on the rise with this fifth solo album, amid numerous session gigs with notable jazz and jazz-fusion artists. Ultimately, Noy brings a signature voice to the forefront and his global approach to the electric guitar imprints a trademark of sorts. With his slinky phrasings, odd-tunings and seething single note licks, the guitarist uncannily melds off-center maneuvers with conventional jazz, rock and blues frameworks. His sinewy licks, ...

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Album Review

Oz Noy: Twisted Blues: Volume 1

Read "Twisted Blues: Volume 1" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
November 8, 2011

That guitarist Oz Noy was voted “Best Newcomer" by Guitar Player Magazine in 2008 underlines how curiously under the radar he seems to fly. By then, Noy had already played with New York's finest musicians in the dozen preceding years since arriving from Israel, and had cut three impressive CDs as leader. His fourth release, Schizophrenic (Magnitude Records, 2009) portrayed a multiple musical personality, one embracing jazz, rock, blues and funk in a potent, bewitching cocktail, veering this way and--when ...

Album Review

Oz Noy: Schizophrenic

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 8, 2010

Il chitarrista Oz Noy è nato in Israele ma risiede da tempo negli Stati Uniti e giunge, con questo Schizophrenic alla sua quarta prova discografica. A partire dal primo album (intitolato semplicemente Ha!) pubblicato nel 2005, il chitarrista si avvale di un manipolo di collaboratori importanti che rimane abbastanza stabile e gli consente di lavorare su meccanismi ben collaudati che gli fanno perseguire un cammino tracciato sulla linea maestra del jazz-rock senza mai esagerare nelle divagazioni. I nomi sono ben ...

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Interview

Oz Noy: No Longer Making Choices

by Matthew Warnock
October 20, 2009

Oz Noy's Schizophrenic (Magnatude Records, 2009) is the perfect moniker for the Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist. With an array of influences ranging from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Noy melds elements from funk, rock, blues and jazz into his own unique, personal take on modern instrumental music. Noy's solos seem to be in constant flux as he weaves in and out of hard-driving rock grooves, jazzy based harmonic progressions and rhythmically complex, often lightening ...