Berlin, I'm in you!
My brand new trio LOCKDOWN with Michael Moore on reeds and Greg Cohen on bass performed as part of an art & sound installation by Chris Hinze on March 16th at Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, to a sold out audience. The music got recorded, although this was not a concert: "Lockdown Live!"
"I don't create content.
I'm not a content creator.
Don’t let a robot choose your music."
Happy New Yeah!
My album LIVE DURING LOCKDOWN on jazzwerkstatt Berlin feat. Michael Moore & Greg Cohen was just awarded "BEST LIVE ALBUM of 2022" by The NYC Jazz Record.
SHOWS
2023
January
- Th12st Kellen Mills & Eliad Wagner at Petersburg Art Space, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101, HH, Aufgang II 10553 Berlin 21h
- Su22nd Unzeit4 Frank Paul Schubert, Celine Voccia, Matthias Bauer, jh LiveConcertRecording in Berlin - private event, please email/call, no cover, byob.
- We25th Kellen Mills & Eliad Wagner at PANDA THEATER, Kulturbrauerei, PrenzlauerBerg, Berlin, 20h
February
- Sa4th Florian Mueller4 w Rudi Mahall, Ben Lehmann, jh at WATT, Berlin
- We8th Hertenstein Graupe Donkin at PANDA Theater 8pm
March
- Fr3rd jhTrio feat. Tobias Delius & Phil Donkin at Kunsthaus SansTitre in Potsdam, Französische Str.18, 19h, 2 sets
- Fr10th Kellen Mills & Jonathan Haffner at PeppiGuggenheim, Berlin, 2030h, 2 sets
3 Weeks in NYC:
-FrMar24th 730pm SPACEPILOT feat. Elias Meister & Leo Genovese feat. Jack Daniel live recording at Nublu.net
-SaMar25th 6-10pm at BierhausNYC.com
-SoMar26th 930pm 2sets Welf Dorr, Elias Meister, Dmitry Ishenko at thekeepny.com
-FrMar31 8pm record release of "Live in Berlin" on Darkfyre Records with Aron Namenwirth, Matt Mottel, Kevin Shea,
3bands, 7pm at Aron's Place, 1372 Greene Ave, BK
-SatAp1 6-10pm at BierhausNYC.com
-SoAp2 930pm 2sets Welf Dorr, Elias Meister, Dmitry Ishenko at thekeepny.com
-TuAp4 630pm 1set REMEDY feat. Thomas Heberer & Joe Fonda at
https://downtownmusicgallery.com/shows.php
-FrAp7 6-10pm at BierhausNYC.com
-SoAp9 930pm with Dmitry Ishenko and Dan Blake playing 2sets of Steve Lacy at thekeepny.com
April
- Fr14th TINE BRUHN QUARTET (US/D/UK)
“Joni Mitchell & Beyond” - Jazz Meets Storytelling
Tine Bruhn (voc), Ronny Graupe (g), Phil Donkin (b), jh (dr) 21:00 | 18/15 €
- Mo17th The Omniversal Earkestra at Artistania, Neukölln, Berlin 21h, 2 Sets
- Mo24th Peter Van Huffel’s „Callisto“ at Schlot, Berlin, 21:00 – 10/8 €
https://kunstfabrik-schlot.de/portfolio/peter-van-huffels-callisto-2/
May
- Fr12th Holger Scheidt Trio with Benedikt Jahnel at Kühlspot, Berlin for Jazz am Helmholtzplatz 20h
- Tue23th Oneblockwest with Thomas Borgmann and Vinicius Cajado at "Kultur am Dorfplatz" at Galiläa Kirche, Revaler Str. 20h https://widerstandsmuseum.de/kultur-am-dorfplatz/
June
- Wed7th at Brotfabrik "Django Reinhardt und der französische Jazz 1940-1960" feat. Allan Praskin, Joel Holmes, Isabel Rößler for Jazz am Helmholtzplatz
- Sat10th at Kuehlspot, Berlin with Ignaz Schick and Christian Kuehn 20h
- Tue13th at Kesselhaus, Berlin with Rana Farhan (NYC) first concert in Germany 20h
- Fri23rd 19:30 Berlin-Friedrichshain
JUGENDWIDERSTANDSMUSEUM
in der Galiläakirche, Rigaer Str 9/10
jh dr and Leo Genovese keys
- Wed28th w Kellen Mills & Eliad Wagner at
West Germany, Skalitzer Str.133, 10999 Berlin
July
- Sat1st at Peppi Guggenheim jhTrio with Phil Donkin & Michaël Attias 2030h
jazzwoche Berlin
- Tue4th at Kuehlspot, Berlin 20h with
Edith Steyer's "Bellss - The James Carter Project" jazzwoche Berlin
Edith Steyer - cl, as
Uli Kempendorff - ts, bcl, fl
Gerhard Gschlössl - trb
Rieko Okuda - p
jh - dr
- Tue18th 19:30 at "Kultur am Dorfplatz"
Berlin-Friedrichshain
JUGENDWIDERSTANDSMUSEUM
Galiläakirche, Rigaer Str 9/10
Oneblockwest with Thomas Borgmann sax and Vinicius Cajado b
- Sat29th 20h at Kühlspot Berlin with Danny Kamins (USA) sax and Matthias Bauer b
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2022
May
- Sat28
jazzwerkstatt Large Ensemble plays Kurt Weill dir. by Wolfgang Schmidtke with Michael Moore in Gent, BL
- Sun29
with TTT with Gerd Dudek, Ryan Carniaux, Markus Lüpertz, Frank Wollny at Galerie Schrade • Schloß Mochental, Mochental 1, 89584 - Ehingen (Donau)
June
- Sat4
SMASHING HUMANS at MOERS Festival 2022
Sana Nagano, Peter Apfelbaum, Jonathan Goldberger, Ken Filiano WATCH THE CONCERT on ArteTV:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109269-021-A/sana-nagano-smashing-humans/
- Wed8
FLUT feat. Isabel Roessler & Christopher Kunz at PANDA Theater, Berlin
- Mon27
Jan Klare, Julia Bruessel, Richard Scott at Kuehlspot, Berlin
July
- Tue5 Jazzwoche Berlin
with Ronny Graupe & Phil Donkin at Supersonico, Berlin
- Fr8 Jazzwoche Berlin
with Christian Kuehn & Ignaz Schick at Peppi Guggenheim
- Sa9 Jazzwoche Berlin
15:30 Uhr duo with Danny Kamins at Untergruen.net Kastanienallee 77 Pberg, Berlin
20 Uhr with Harri Sjöström & Matthias Bauer at Peppi Guggenheim
- Fr29 AuTopsi Pohl with FLUT
Christopher Kunz - Tenorsaxophon
Isabel Rößler - Kontrabass
Joe Hertenstein - Drums
(Florian Müller - Gitarre 2.Set)
August
- Th11 8pm Frank Gratkowski Band with
Liz Allbee - Achim Kaufmann - Adam Goodwin
at AutopsiPohl, Berlin
- We24 Welf Dorr, Nikolaus Neusser, Isabel Roessler, Bernd Oezsevim at REH, Berlin
- Th25 Welf Dorr, Nikolaus Neusser, Isabel Roessler, Bernd Oezsevim at Kuehlspot, Berlin
- Fr26 8pm Edith Steyer Quartett feat. Isi Roessler & Jasper Stadhouders at PeppiGuggenheim, Berlin
- Sa27 with Christian Kuehn & Ignaz Schick at Schokoladen, Berlin (opening for Kellen Mills' Band TRYON record release concert)
September
- Sat3 16h Edith Steyer's "Quoting John Carter"
Edith Steyer – clarinet, alto sax
Uli Kempendorff – alto sax, bass clarinet
Gerhard Gschlössl – trombone, tuba
Rieko Okuda – piano
jh – drums
Jazzkeller 69 päsentiert:
Jazz am Kaisersteg - draußen & gratis
Bühne im Garten - Hasselwerderstraße 22A, Berlin
Jon Irabagon & Anthony Coleman
- Sun4 830pm Porgy&Bess, Vienna
- Mon5 8pm Unterfahrt, Munich
- Tue6 8pm Elbphilharmonie (Kleiner Saal), Hamburg
- Thu8 8pm Maschinenhaus, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, rbb-Recording
- Sa10th 2pm Jazzfestival Peitz 14.00 Uhr
- Wed14th Edith Steyer, Peter van Huffel, Isabel Roessler at Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
- Thu15th Isabel Roessler, Florian Müller, Mia Dyberg im Trixter unheimlich
- Fr16th Trio with Tobias Delius & Phil Donkin at REH, Berlin, for JazzAmHelmholtzplatz,
- Sat17th 8pm Peter van Huffel's Callisto
feat. Lina Allemano & Antonis Anissegos at Sowieso, Berlin
- Wed21st & Thu22nd "Vana Gierig Trio plus Brazilian Percussion" at Jazz&Image Festival at the Colosseum in Rome
Vana Gierig - p, Giuseppe Bassi - b, Ygor Saunier - perc
- Fr23rd ORT, Wuppertal for jazzwerkstatt.eu
- Su25th HouseOfMusic, Berlin for jazzexzess.de
Oktober
- Tue11th Peter van Huffel's Callisto feat. Lina Allemano & Antonis Anissegos at Schlot, Berlin
- Wed12th FLUT Isabel Roessler & Christopher Kunz at Petersburg Artspace, Berlin
- Do13th Floros Floridis and Matthias Bauer at Terzo Mondo, Berlin
- Fr14th Peter van Huffel's Callisto at Jazzstudio, Nürnberg
- Sat15th Peter van Huffel's Callisto at Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
- Wed19th Tasso Savvopoulos’ “Resurrection City” feat. Anna Webber, Dan Peter Sundland, Peter van Huffel, Peter Ehwald at House of Music, Berlin, for jazzexzess.de
- Mo31st "NYC's 49th Village Halloween Parade"
with TheUndergroundHorns, 6th Ave, 7pm
- We16th Edith Steyer's "Quoting John Carter"
Edith Steyer – cl, as, Uli Kempendorff – as, bcl,
Gerhard Gschlössl – tb, tuba, Rieko Okuda – p
at PANDA Theater, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, 20h
- Fr18th 20h FUTURE DRONEnyc on www.rbb-online.de/rbbkultur/radio/
- Sa19th RUMBLE PHONE FISH with Artur Majewski, Anna Kaluza, Isabel Roessler at Watt, Metzer Str. 9, 10435 Berlin, 20h, 2 sets
- Mo21st The Omniversal Earkestra at Artistania, Neukölln, Berlin, 21h, 2 sets
December
- Th8th Kellen Mills & Eliad Wagner at Trixter, Kreuzberg, Berlin 21h
- Su11th duo set with Willi Kellers at Drum-Solo-Day at Industriesalon, Schöneweide, Berlin for Jazzkeller 69
- Tu13th Rouzbeh Asgarian Trio at Bflat, Berlin
- Fr15th Floros Floridis, Almut Kühne, Antonio Borghini a.o. at Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 19h
- Mo19th Kille Kille at C-Keller, Weimar, 20h 2 sets
Maximilian Keitel – g/ Christopher Kunz – ts/ Steven Boreham – b
- Th29th John Lindhorst, Kellen Mills, Jasper Stadthouders, jh 8PM at Kühlspot, Berlin
Radio feature on WFMU 02/2019:
I was the guest on Dave Sewelson's new radio show "Music For a Free World" on WFMU's "Give the Drummer", we played music from eight CDs, talked, and played two mini sets of improvised music together, you can stream the show here, I joined at minute 39: http://wfmu.org/playlists/FI
Radio feature on WFMU 03/2018:
David Weinstein's show 'GiveTheDrummer' aired on March14th on WFMU and featured a 20-minute excerpt of a live recording he captured from the trio of Jim Denley, who was visiting from Australia, Chris Penalosa and myself from our concert at The Outpost in Brooklyn as part of David Watson's series, which you can now stream through your iTunes or other media player via
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/77817 - just click on:
"Listen to this show:" on the bottom left and skip to minute 50 - the sound quality is awesome and so was our first-meeting-chemistry!
latest albums
03/2023
Aron Namenwirth - Lisa Hoppe - Matt Mottel - Kevin Shea - jh "Live in Berlin"
recorded in Berlin 11/8/21 by Peer Soehring
mixed and mastered by Jon Rosenberg
organized by Assi Glöde and Jazz Keller 69 e.V.
Aron Namenwirth guitar
Lisa Hoppe bass
Matt Mottel Keytar
Kevin Shea drums
jh drums
08/2022
Dalius Naujo
NOJO AIRLINES New York, New York
feat. 48 musicians
NOJO AIRLINES is a sonic trip conceived and produced by Dalius Naujo 2021/2022
Mixed at Figure 8 Studios, Brooklyn, by Michael Coleman
Mastered & additional mixing by Julius Zubavičius
07/2022
Stephen Gauci/Sandy Ewen/
Thomas Helton/Joe Hertenstein
"Live at Scholes Street Studio"
Stephen Gauci - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Sandy Ewen - guitar
Thomas Helton - bass
Joe Hertenstein - drums
Recorded by Rene Allain at Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn on 5/27/21
Mixed & Mastered by Michael Coleman
Produced by Stephen Gauci
Photos by Rene Allain
06/2022
OURIDA - Wings
OURIDA - voc, piano, ukulele
Jonathan Levy - bass
jh - drums
plus guests
Recorded by Eli Crews at Figure8Studios, Brooklyn, NY
"Co-produced by Eli Crews (tUnE-yArDs, Marc Ribot…), ‘Wings’ is an indie pop / art pop / alternative album of sensual songs full of imagery about multi-cultural life and women’s freedom of expression, mixing folk rock melodies and jazz groove with rhythm and sounds from around the world."
06/2022
SPACEPILOT - Hycean Worlds
live at Red Horn District
Elias Meister - guitar, electronics
Leo Genovese - synth, rhodes, hammond
Joe Hertenstein - drums
Orbit 577 Records
Recorded live at Red Horn District
Mixed & Mastered by Jeremy Loucas, NYC
Cover art by W—E studio, Piera Wolf & Claudine Eriksson
06/2022
STEPHEN GAUCI / JOE HERTENSTEIN / ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH / JAN RODER - Soundlift Berlin-New York (GauciMusic 04530; USA)
Stephen Gauci - tenor sax
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
Jan Roder - bass
jh - drums
Recorded by Joe Hertenstein
at Keller4 Studios, Berlin, Oct22 2021
Mixed & Mastered by Michael Coleman
Produced by Stephen Gauci
Album design by Stephen Gauci
Cover photos by jh
Special Thanks
to Ken Burke
03/2022
"LIVE DURING LOCKDOWN"
feat. Michael Moore & Greg Cohen
"March 16th 2021 Kesselhaus, Berlin"
Michael Moore- AltoSaxophone&Clarinet
Greg Cohen - Bass
Joe Hertenstein - Drums
Recorded and mixed by Friedrich Stoermer
Mastered by Jeremy Loucas
Album design by Herbert Weissrock
Cover photo by jh
Inside photo by Herbert Weisrock
jazzwerkstatt Berlin
supported by the
Cultural Senat of Berlin
"BEST LIVE ALBUM of 2022"
by The NYC Jazz Record
12/2021
Lior Milliger Free Improv Trio
feat. Hilliard Greene & Joe Hertenstein
"Your Comfort Zone Will Kill You"
Lior Milliger - Tenor Saxophone
Hilliard Greene - Bass
Joe Hertenstein - Drums
Recorded and mixed by Jason LaFarge on September 12th 2019 at Seizure’s Palace Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Shay Hazan
Album design by Mark Smith
Cover photo by Lior Milliger
Orbit577 is part of 577 Records
04/2021
HebererFondaHertenstein
REMEDY
Thomas Heberer - trp, comp
Joe Fonda - bass, flute, comp
jh - drums, comp
Recorded August 26, 2020, by Tom Tedesco, Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ
Mixed & mastered January 2021 by Jon Rosenberg, Brooklyn, NY
Fundacja Słuchaj
03/2021
Gate2Venus
TIME IS A MELODY
Cecilie Beck - voice, piano, comp
Gabriel Gordon - voice, guitar, bass
jh - percussion/drums
Recorded in Denmark and Germany 2020/2021
Produced, mixed and mastered by Gabriel Gordon
03/2021
Sana Nagano
SMASHING HUMANS
Sana Nagano - Violin/fx
Peter Apfelbaum - Tenor saxophone/megaphone
Keisuke Matsuno - Electric guitar
Ken Filiano - Acoustic bass/fx
jh - Drums
Recorded July 1st and 3rd, 2019 and
Mixed by Martin Bisi at
BC Studios, Brooklyn, NY,
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian, NY
03/2021
Carolin Pook
WELTRAUMDANCES
released March 4, 2021
Carolin Pook - violin/composition
Adriana Molello - violin
Tomoko Omura - violin (track 3&4)
Leonor Falcon - viola
Brian Sanders - cello
Christof Knoche - bass clarinet/harmonica
Dorothea Tachler - autoharp
Paul Orbell - electric guitar
Ari Folman-Cohen - bass
jh - drums/percussion/objects
Recorded on 4 Sundays 2020 at 11AM
remotely from home, offline, connected through
stopwatch and imagination, we didn't hear each other, all first takes. Magical.
Mixed by Caio Carvalho, NY
02/2021
Robert Musso & Mark Daterman
DREAM OF THE GRUMBLER
Mark Daterman electric 12 string guitar
Robert Musso acoustic 6-string guitar
jh table percussion
Recorded August 2019 at Musso Studios, New York, NY
Engineered, mixed, mastered by Robert Musso
12/2020
Joe Stone - PERMABLUES
Joe Stone vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul Orbell slide guitar
Craig Akin upright bass
jh drums on single POOR OL' BOY
Recorded July 2010 at Vanity Sound, Brooklyn, NY by Myles Turney
Mixed by Jeremy Loucas at SEAR SOUND, NY
Mastered by Kevin Blackler at BlacklerMastering, Brooklyn
OUT 12/2020 on BlueGeezerRecords
09/2020
orientation of we - EMERGENCE
Michael Irwin trp
James Brandon Lewis sax
Max Johnson bass
jh drums
Recorded July 2017 at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, New York
Engineered by Michael Brorby
Mixed by Max Johnson
Mastered by Alan Silverman
09/2020
Sean Sonderegger's Magically Inclined Vol2
"Living There"
feat.
Sean Sonderegger - ts, bs, comp
Kamala Sankaram - voc, acc (1,2,4-6)
Curtis Fowlkes - tb (1,2,4-7)
Harvey Valdes - guit (1,2,4-6)
Shawn Lovato - bass
jh - drums and perc
Pheeroan akLaff - add drums and perc (1,3-5)
Recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ on January 15, 2018
Mixed and mastered by Liberty Ellman
physically on SKIRL/46
digitally on MetaRecords
05/2020
Kevin Patton - Double Release!
Field Effect is an improvised quartet of piano, bass, drums, and live electronics.
Kevin Patton Live Electronics
Robert Boston Piano
Thomas Helton Contrabass
jh Drumset
Recorded July 2016 at Terminus Studio, New York City by Aaron Robinson
05/2020
Kevin Patton - Double Release!
into thickets
Kevin Patton Guitar, Live Electronics
Thomas Helton Contrabass
Robert Boston Piano, Synthesizer
Seth Paynter Tenor Saxophone
jh Drumset
Recorded at Ovations in Houston, Texas
November 2015 by Ryan Edwards
03/2020
Aron Namenwirth Trio
Gettin' Hot
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Aron Namenwirth - Guitar
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Zach Swanson - Acoustic Bass
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jh - Drums
Recorded by Rene' Allain Scholes Street Studio, NYC
Mixed and Mastered by Jon Rosenberg
Culture of Waste Records 2020
10/2019
Aron Namenwirth Trio feat. Daniel Carter
Live at the Bushwick Series
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Aron Namenwirth - Guitar
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Daniel Carter - all the horns
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Zach Swanson - Acoustic Bass
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jh - TabelPercussionKitHybrid
“Considering that this is a live recording, the sound is splendid… In a later section, the quartet erupts into some strong, explosive moments, which increase our pulse rates. Drummer Joe Hertenstein is often at the center of the quartet, navigating both free and a connected rhythmic undertow...” Bruce Lee Gallanter, DowntownMusicGallery 09/2019
6/2019
David Weinstein WFMU
Equilibrium & Hysteria
Ridgewood Radio 2019 Experimental Music Sampler
feat.
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Martha Mooke & Tony Verderosa (Roulette, 2004)
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Matteo Liberatore & Matthew Ostrowski (Sump, 2017)
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Anteloper (Jaimie Branch & Jason Nazary) (Outpost, 2018)
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Jim Denley, Joe Hertenstein, Crystal Penalosa (Outpost, 2018)
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Deep Listening Band (David Gamper, Stuart Dempster, Pauline Oliveros) (Roulette, 2008)
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William Parker Ensemble w/Morley (Roulette, 2017)
WFMU's CD sampler containing music David Weinstein showcases on his radio show "Give the Drummer", Ridgewood Radio.
5/2019
Philipp Teriete
Afterglow
feat.
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Philipp Teriete - Composition & Piano
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Dave Pietro - Flute & Alto Saxophone
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Elias Meister - Electric Guitar
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Martin Wind - Acoustic Bass
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jh - Drums
09/2018
While recording at Electric Lady Studios in New York, multiple Grammy Award winning producer TROOKO (Beyoncé, M.I.A., Beastie Boys, Residente) invited me to play drums on his DJ track and new single “RICO” - hell yeah!
09/2018
Ragas Live Retrospective, compilation
Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra with Brooklyn Raga Massive
"Twilight Lake" live at Ragas Live Festival at PioneerWorks, Brooklyn
04/2018
SPACEPILOT 'Particle Horizon' live at Nublu /LP
with Elias Meister & Leo Genovese
feat. Tim Hagans & Jack Daniel.
Engineered, mixed, mastered by multi Grammy Award winning producer Jeremy Loucas on
Springstoff Records
> order LP incl. dwld-code
03/2018
Welf Dorr Unit 'BLOOD'
with Dave Ross & Dmitry Ishenko physically on CreativeSources
digitally on Chant Records
"Every once in a great while a disc appears and renews my faith in jazz/rock/fusion. This is the one! I am working on getting a gig for this band because I want to check them out live. You best dig in and go along for the ride with those in the know."
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
11/2017
Ivo Perelman 'SCALENE'
with Matthew Shipp on Leo Records
This album documents my first meeting with Ivo, who invited me spontaneously to the recording session at Jim Clouse's ParkWestStudios in Brooklyn - walking distance from my house - after Matt played him our album 'The Core Trio live feat. Matthew Shipp' on Evil Rabbit Records.
Check out Thomas Helton's The Core Trio as well!
If you work for a record label, I have some un-released recordings, which might interest you:
- Duo with Thomas Heberer - H&H at DMG in NYC
Live at DowntownMusicGallery, multi-track, NYC2019
- 4tet with Briggan Krauss, Shazhad Ismaily and Michael Vatcher
Studio recording, multi-track, Brooklyn, NYC2019
- Joe Hertenstein plays Aaron Bielish's EYEMUSIC
with strings: Mat Maneri, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Formanek
with electronics: Dafna Naphtali & Hans Tammen
Live at ShapeshifterLab, multi-track, Brooklyn, NYC2019
- Joe Hertenstein's FUTURE DRONEnyc
feat. Jon Irabagon, Anthony Coleman, Reuben Radding
Live at NubluJazzFestival, NYC2015
- Joe Hertenstein's ODEM
feat. Todd Neufeld & Sean Conly - Studio recording, mastered
- Joe Hertenstein's As A Matter Of Change
feat. Darius Jones & Pascal Niggenkemper
Live at TheStone, NYC2011
...and others
Free Jazz Blog's 2017 Top 10 List
Danny Kamins, Damon Smith, Alvin Fielder, and Joe Hertenstein — After Effects (FMR Records, 2017)
"I am a fan of innovative bass players, of baritone sax, and of extended technique: this quartet hits all my sweet spots."
"The musicians who made this album know how to get out of the way when music desires to reveal its essence. Unshackled from preconceptions of composition and improvisation, they know the authenticity of the music—and of themselves as musicians—is more important than conforming to any definition of “free” or “jazz.” This is music without cliché or artifice. It does not exist to entertain—in the background or as a distraction. It often seems strange and unfamiliar, but when we slow down, it teaches us how to listen and how “to dwell within the truth that is happening in the work,” as Heidegger says. This music contemplates; it reflects, it thinks—and it sweeps us into its drift, transporting all of us out of the habitual mundane, beyond ourselves, up into the luminous." - Rick Joines
AvantMusicNews' Best of 2017/Albums of the year:
https://avantmusicnews.com/2018/01/03/avant-music-news-best-of-2017-part-ii-albums-of-the-year/-
Rest In Power 2019, dear Alvin!
My first mention in the ModernDrummerMagazine, May2018:
Below's link takes you to my first mention in the Modern Drummer Magazine as part of reviews of four Ivo Perelman albums in the
excellent company of drum colleagues Gerald Cleaver,
Bobby Kapp and Jeff Cosgrove:
"Four approaches to free improvisation highlight
individualism on the drums."
"The drummer scrambles like eggs on “Part 9” and adds kineticism to the busy “Part 3” while leading the trudge to the moaning “Part 1”."
George W. Harris, 11/2017
background photography by Russell Cramer