Click link above to purchase Gilad Hekselman’s “Hearts Wide Open” Featuring Joe Martin, Mark Turner and Marcus Gilmore

Because listening to jazz is so important to the jazz musician, Learn Jazz Standards is starting to promote the albums of current jazz artists. It’s important to be familiar with old classic recordings, BUT we should really all stay current on all the great jazz being produced today! Jazz is alive and vibrant with many newer artists-and our goal is to promote great albums and help spread the word!

Gilad Hekselman is a phenominal guitarist and we are proud to promote his 2011 release of “Hearts Wide Open”.
Since his arrival to New York in 2004, Gilad Hekselman has been earning a reputation as one of the most promising guitarists in New York. In only four years this native Israeli has shared the stage with many top names from the New York jazz scene including Chris Potter, Mark Turner, John Scofield, Anat Cohen, Sam Yahel, Jeff Ballard, Gretchen Parlato, Avishai E. Cohen, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Ari Hoenig, Tigran Hamasyan, Aaron Parks, Greg Hutchinson, Reuben Rogers, François Moutin and Eric McPhearson. He has played the Blue Note, The Jazz Gallery, Smalls, 55 Bar, Dizzy’s Club, Minton’s Playhouse, and toured in Switzerland, Japan, Scotland, Canada, Norway, Hungary, and Israel. He has also played in world famous Jazz festivals such as Montreux JF, Duke Ellington JF, San Francisco JF and Tel Aviv JF.

Gilad Hekselman performing “Prelude to a Kiss”

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