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Article: Album Review

Jake Hertzog: Chromatosphere

Read "Chromatosphere" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Jake Hertzog is a guitarist who crosses the threshold into the jazz and jazz-fusion radar with the advent of this impressive 2009 studio set. Hertzog is a Berklee College of Music graduate and, at nineteen years-old, won the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival's Grand Prize in the Jazz Guitar Competition. He communicates a broad music vernacular here, ...

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Jake Hertzog: Chromatosphere

Read "Chromatosphere" reviewed by John Barron


Twenty-two year old guitarist Jake Hertzog, a native of Champaign, Illinois, delivers a truck-load of youthful energy for his power trio release, Chromatosphere. The Berklee College of Music Graduate is helped out on the self-produced, chops-heavy session by bassist Harvie S and drummer Victor Jones. Pianist Michael Wolff joins in on three tracks. Hertzog's music moves ...

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Article: Album Review

Jake Hertzog: Chromatosphere

Read "Chromatosphere" reviewed by John Patten


Jake Hertzog's Chromatosphere (That's Out Records, 2008) presents the brilliant young guitar picker at his best in a talented combo of New York sidemen. At 22, Hertzog is just beginning his career, and the release--his first--is clearly intended to draw attention and establish his name, with strong compositional statements and clever covers of classic ...

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News: Recording

Michael Wolff Earns National Raves for Joe's Strut

Michael Wolff Earns National Raves for Joe's Strut

“An Assured Quick-Mindedness, Full of Surprises” National Coverage Rolls in for ‘Joe’s Strut’ “Wolff’s Joy in Playing Piano is Unmistakable and Infectious” “A Musical Renaissance Man” “Joe’s Strut Delivers, Smoothly and Seamlessly” Pianist Michael Wolff’s new CD ‘Joe’s Strut’ has garnered substantial national and regional press coverage in its first week of release. A multi-page ‘Before ...

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News: Recording

Michael Wolff' Joe's Strut Has Feel of Radio Hit, out 2/10

Michael Wolff' Joe's Strut Has Feel of Radio Hit, out 2/10

Joe's Strut Recalls Instrumental Jazz/Pop Radio Hits of Decades Past Audio Sample Pianist Michael Wolff's upcoming Joe's Strut; features a catchy title track with a jazz/pop sensibility that recalls radio hits of decades past' Wolffs original, instrumental song recalls an era when Chuck Mangione, Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey ...

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News: Event

Michael Wolff Trio, Creole Jazz Serenaders, Red Clay Ramblers Set NY Showcase

Michael Wolff Trio, Creole Jazz Serenaders, Red Clay Ramblers Set NY Showcase

Triple Showcase at the West Bank Cafe to Feature Michael Wolff Trio, Creole Jazz Serenaders with Don Vappie, and the Red Clay Ramblers January 10th and 11th Events Open to the Public, and Part of APAP Conference as Well Three incredible bands will deliver two nights of top-notch music, with January 10th and 11th showcases at ...

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News: Recording

Michael Wolff Preps "Joe's Strut" for February 2009 Release

Michael Wolff Preps "Joe's Strut" for February 2009 Release

Joe's Strut Showcases Jazz Collaboration at its Best, as Michael Wolff Invites Steve Wilson Into the Studio “We Went Down Into the Cave of Jazz and Improvisation" Wolff's Irresistible Title Track Written in Memory of Composer and Keyboardist Joe Zawinul Pianist Michael Wolff delivers his most accomplished, nuanced and forthright jazz album to date, with the ...

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News: Recording

Michael Wolff Plans Aug/Sept NY Trio Dates

Michael Wolff Plans Aug/Sept NY Trio Dates

Michael Wolff plans NY trio dates for August and September. New CD in the works --more details will be announced soon... August 8, 2008 The Rubin Museum Michael Wolff Trio 150 W 17th St., New York, NY Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 day of. Box Office ...

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News: Recording

Blues-Tinged Michael Wolff CD Coming Late-Fall

Blues-Tinged Michael Wolff CD Coming Late-Fall

Excitement Fuels New CD From Michael Wolff Victor Jones, Chip Jackson, Rich Goods, Steve Wilson and Ian Young All Set to Appear on Fall '08 Album Website Re-Launch May 1st Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff will head into Sear Sound in New York City on May 12th and 13th, to begin sessions for his as-yet-untitled late-Fall ...

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Michael Wolff CD is "Inventive...Transcendent"

Michael Wolff CD is "Inventive...Transcendent"

"The Playing is Inventive, Playful, and Occasionally Even Transcendent" “His Spacious Music Moves in Unpredictable Ways and Makes You Lean Forward and Listen" Wolff Planning New CD Acclaimed pianist Michael Wolff continues to ride a wave of critical acclaim for his standards CD 'jazz, JAZZ, jazz.' Recent tour dates prompted respected media outlets to weigh in ...


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