Out With It

David Ashkenazy (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Posi-Tone Records
• ASIN: B002N7SXFW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,513 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

David Ashkenazy, the Southern California drummer now living in New York, creates a memorable session by way of the compositions selected and his combination of players. By placing the talents of the habitually underrated saxophonist Joel Frahm and guitarist Gilad Hekselman, who garnered acclaim on drummer Ari Hoenig's disc Bert's Playground (Dreyfus, 2008), he focuses on solid playing and interesting tunes. The presence of Gary Versace on organ bridges the old with the new. Lennon/McCartney's "I Want You" is updated, creating a jazz track to be remembered as a burning blues. The drummer chose Frank Foster's "Simone" and Jimmy McHugh's "Too Young To Go Steady" as traditional pieces to stretch out with solos by himself and band-mates. Each track displays an infectious sense of swing and drive. Besides Wayne Shorter's "Children Of The Night" and Bill Frisell's "Strange Meeting," he pens two tracks here, "Dadi-Yo" and "Zoology," both crafty and artful tunes that flow in rapport with the others. --Mark Corroto - AllAboutJazz.com

Review

An L.A. drummer moves to downtown to hang with the crème of the crop, several of which he enlists on this high octane outing that covers the contemporary/modern water front quite nicely. Jamming out with the vigor that really powers the proceedings, this is a little left of mainstream, but not so far out the average jazzbo will feel left in the dust. A lot of dense listening packed into the bytes make this like an episode of Seinfeld You ll have to keep coming back to it to catch what you missed on the last run through. Well done. --Chris Spector - Midwest Record

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