David Ashkenazy / Out With It

David Ashkenazy goes supersonic with his 2009 release "Out With It." Moving boldly forward, drummer Ashkenazy is joined on the mission by a veteran flight crew of saxophonist Joel Frahm, organist Gary Versace, and guitarist Gilad Hekselman. The sky is the limit as the session takes off swingingly, quickly breaks the sound barrier of the safe and familiar, and heads harmonically for escape velocity off into space. Featuring a stellar lineup and a balanced program of songs and styles from the straight ahead to the more modern and avant-garde, Ashkenazy's "Out With It" will certainly fascinate serious jazz enthusiasts with detailed constellations and compositions while also bringing pure melodic delight to casual listeners tuning in from space stations, satellites, and home bases everywhere.