Basic Traneing

Basic Traneing: Yoron Israel

by Joel Roberts
February 13, 2004

First-call drummer Yoron Israel, who’s been featured over the years with the likes of Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln, Kenny Burrell and Art Farmer, is making a name for himself as a leader these days with his group Organic. On his new album of Coltrane and Coltrane-inspired material, Israel expands his regular organ-guitar trio (Kyle Koehler on organ and Ed Cherry on guitar) to a quintet with the addition of vibraphonist Jay Hoggard and saxophonist Billy Pierce. An ...