Jazz Articles about Trio Shalva

About Trio Shalva

Album Review

Trio Shalva's debut recording--Riding Alone (Self Produced, 2011)--captured a band at the dawn of its being. Yes, the group had formed in 2009, two calendar years before that album was released, but the music for that record was recorded in 2010, presenting a band that was basically just starting on its way. Now comes Breeza, the second leg of the trio's Judaica jazz journey. While Trio Shalva basically makes its art through the fusion of Middle Eastern ...

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Album Review

Trio Shalva: Riding Alone

Read "Riding Alone" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 25, 2011

All three members of this group originally hail from Israel, but Trio Shalva actually took shape a world away, at the global epicenter of the jazz universe. Pianist Assaf Gleizner, guitarist/bassist Koby Hayon and drummer Nadav Snir Zelniker were each pursuing their own musical paths in New York when they connected for a gig in 2009, and the musical sparks were quick to fly. Now, two short years later, they arrive with their debut album, filled with worldly music that ...