Gilad Hekselman

Gilad Hekselman (born February 3, 1983 in Kfar Saba ) is an Israeli jazz guitarist , composer and bandleader working in the United States .

Hekselman grew up in Alfey Menashe ; He played the piano from the age of six and the guitar from the age of nine. In his early youth he appeared on the Israeli children's channel, where musician friends introduced him to jazz music. After graduating from Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, he moved to New York, where he studied jazz and contemporary music at The New School from 2004 , as well as classical north Indian music with the sarod player Sanjay Sharma . He also performed regularly at the Smalls jazz club and in 2006 released his debut album Split Life , which he recorded with bassist Joe Martinand the drummer Ari Hoenig had recorded. In 2006 he performed with his trio at the Jazz Festival Montreux ; in the same year began working with Mark Turner . He also played with Petros Klampanis , Jean-Michel Pilc , Nikoletta Szőke and Rory Stuart . Hekselman lives in Brooklyn . Ben Ratliff, a jazz critic for the New York Times , heard echoes of Pat Metheny and John Scofield in Hekselman's playing and attested to his very own talent for finding melodies that “last”.

Discographic notes

Split Life (Smalls Records, 2006), with Joe Martin and Ari Hoenig
Words Unspoken (LateSet Records, 2008), with Joe Martin, Marcus Gilmore and Joel Frahm
Hearts Wide Open ( Le Chant du Monde , 2011), with Mark Turner, Joe Martin and Marcus Gilmore
This Just In (JazzVillage / Harmonia Mundi, 2013), with Mark Turner, Joe Martin and Marcus Gilmore
Homes (JazzVillage / Harmonia Mundi, 2015), with Joe Martin (bass), Jeff Ballard and Marcus Gilmore (drums) and Katie Lower (voice)
Ask For Chaos (Motéma - MTM0284, Hexophonic Music - HEX001, 2018), with Rick Rosato , Aaron Parks , Jonathan Pinson, Kush Abadey , Duncan Wickel, Petros Klampanis