Results for "Asaf Sirkis Trio"

ARTICLE: EXTENDED ANALYSIS October 22, 2013

Asaf Sirkis Trio: Shepherd's Stories

It's getting to the point where it's almost impossible to pigeonhole an artist into any one category---and that can't be anything but a good thing. Sure, some people like to think of the artists they love as jazz, rock or classical musicians, but the truth is that, more and more, musicians simply want to be thought ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW August 12, 2013

Asaf Sirkis Trio: Shepherd's Stories

By IAN PATTERSON

Maybe it's the unfashionably hot weather that's hit the UK in recent summers, but there's something almost cheery about drummer Asaf Sirkis' Shepherd Stories. Sirkis' church organ/guitar based Inner Noise recordings wove a jazz-gothic tale, while The Monk (SAM Productions, 2008)--with guitarist Tassos Spiliotopoulos and bassist Yaron Stavi--balanced tantalizingly between pretty melancholy and a slightly dark ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 14, 2008

Asaf Sirkis Trio: The Monk

By IAN PATTERSON

One thing that has perhaps been understated in some quarters when considering drummer Asaf Sirkis' recordings as a leader is just how lyrical and understated his music tends to be. The Inner Noise recordings, which aligned drums and guitar with church organ, drew almost as much attention for the unorthodox nature of the trio as they ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW September 7, 2008

Asaf Sirkis Trio: The Monk

By JOHN KELMAN

After exploring an organ/guitar/drums encounter of the most unusual kind with The Inner Noise on albums including We Are Falling (Konnex, 2005) and The Song Within (SAM, 2007), Israeli-born, British-resident drummer Asaf Sirkis turns, on the surface, to a more conventional line-up with The Monk. Still, Sirkis' writing, and a trio that eschews orthodoxy, keeps The ...