Gilad Hekselman, steps away
Gilad Hekselman and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Gilad Hekselman & degrees of proximity
Why again is Gilad Hekselman mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix via ↴
Artist & Where
- Name: Gilad Hekselman
- City/Place: Brooklyn, NY
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Alfey Menashe, Israel
Life & Work
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Bio:
Gilad Hekselman has established himself as one of the leading voices in jazz guitar. Only a few years after his arrival to NY in 2004, this native Israeli was already sharing stages with some of the greatest artists in the New York City jazz scene including Chris Potter, Eric Harland, Mark Turner, Anat Cohen, Ari Hoenig, Esperanza Spalding, Jeff Ballard, Ben Wendel, Gretchen Parlato, Avishai Cohen, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Tigran Hamasyan, Aaron Parks, Becca Stevens, John Scofield, Terri Lyne Carrington, Danilo Perez and Peter Bernstein among many others.
In May 2019, Hekselman featured his quartet at the legendary NYC venue The Village Vanguard. He has also been playing all other major jazz clubs in New York City, including the Blue Note, The Jazz Standard, Dizzy's Club and Smalls. He is constantly touring world-wide and has played most noteworthy jazz festivals and venues including Montreux, North Sea, Montreal & SFJazz to name a few.
Ask For Chaos, Gilad's most recent full length album, was released on Sep 7th, 2018 on his new label, Hexophonic Music in collaboration with Motema Music label. It features both of his new working bands: ZuperOctave (feat. Aaron Parks on piano and keys and Kush Abadey on drums) which is a bass-less band that explores electronics with the goal of keeping the music organic and flexible, and the gHex Trio (feat. Rick Rosato on bass and Jonathan Pinson on drums) which continues the classic guitar trio sound that Gilad has become known for while also bringing something fresh to the music. This record was followed by an EP named Further Chaos, released in May 2019 and featuring the same personnel.
Gilad is the recipient of several prestigious awards and recognitions. In 2017, Gilad placed first in the Rising Star category of Downbeat Magazine. That same year, he won the 7 Virtual Jazz Club international competition 2017. In 2018 Gilad was asked by guitar legend Pat Metheny to perform as part of his NEA Award ceremony at The Kennedy Center, alongside some of Metheny's other favorite young guitar players. Gilad is also the winner of the 2005 Gibson Montreux International Guitar Competition, which led to a string of performances including opening for guitar legend Paco de Lucia with his trio at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006.
Gilad began his prolific recording career in 2006 with the release of his debut album, SplitLife (Smalls Records), recorded with bassist Joe Martin and drummer Ari Hoenig. It received rave reviews from the press as did his second album, Words Unspoken (LateSet Records), recorded and released in 2008 with Joe Martin, drummer Marcus Gilmore and tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm.
In 2009, Gilad recorded three tracks for Walt Disney Records, one of which was included in the record Everybody Wants To Be a Cat (2011). The album features versions of Disney songs played by a top-shelf lineup of musicians including Dave Brubeck, Joshua Redman, Esperanza Spalding, Diane Reeves, Roy Hargrove, Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Bad Plus and many other jazz legends.
In the spring of 2010 Gilad recorded his third album, Hearts Wide Open, with Joe Martin on bass, Marcus Gilmore on drums and world-renowned saxophonist Mark Turner. The record received rave reviews globally and was featured in many Best-of-2011 lists such as The New York Times, Amazon and iTunes. Then in April of 2013, Gilad released his fourth album, This Just In, under the JazzVillage label of Harmonia Mundi with the same quartet. Gilad's fifth record, Homes, was released in 2015 on the same label. It features his longstanding trio with Martin and Gilmore, plus 2 tracks with the great Jeff Ballard on drums.
Born in Israel in 1983, Gilad studied classical piano from age 6 and began studying guitar at the age of 9. From age 12 to 14 he performed regularly with the band of a weekly children's television show. He attended the prestigious Thelma Yellin School of Arts, graduating with excellence from the jazz department at age 18. Gilad received the America - Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship for studies abroad to attend The New School in New York, where he completed his BFA in performing arts in 2008.
Contact Information
- Email: giladhekselman@yahoo.com
- Contact by Webpage: http://www.giladhekselman.com/contact-booking
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Management/Booking:
TAKLIT ARTIST & CONCERT MANAGEMENT
Patricia Johnston
93 rue Jean Jaurès
92800 Puteaux - FRANCE
Office: +33 (0) 1 45 49 11 42
Cell: +33 (0) 6 42 73 06 70
pkj@taklit.net
www.taklit.net
BOOKING FOR EUROPE
Tommy Høeg
Live Jazzbooking
Mozartstrasse 43A
22083 Hamburg / DE
TEL: +49 152 04368960
tommyhoeg@gmail.com
www.livejazzbooking.com
BOOKING FOR USA & CANADA
Arte Boreal Agency
Simon Couillard
scouillard@arteborealagency.com
+1 (418) 953-4105
Media & Markets
- ▶ Buy My Music (downloads/CDs/DVDs): http://giladhekselman.lnk.to/AskforChaosID
- ▶ Twitter: giladhekselman
- ▶ Instagram: ghex
- ▶ Website: http://www.giladhekselman.com
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYs-T2ZtgtlIuk9atzXKjQ
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UC2xKIVDmf7CiQgG3KnkoFbA
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/4nL9nYWG8k53BwCMM8hCsr
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/7EXnMomu07i8aR538oH4M2
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/2dTfMwNC1WwPu6amYyITeP
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/1lRaYwq94K1OPHifDQPpBK
- ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/4nuQ3Lf8Pg8QYl1qzXxWm7
- ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/2OUteKtyfQ8NQwH447aV2m
My Instruction
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Lessons/Workshops:
GUITAR LESSONS WITH GILAD?
If you are interested in taking lessons with Gilad, please send us an email with your information and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Clips (more may be added)
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Gilad Hekselman "VBlues" Studio Session
106 views
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Night Improvisation
38 views
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Amazing Grace Gilad Hekselman
39 views
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Seeing You (w/ Shai Maestro, Joe Martin & Amir Bresler
35 views
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Verona - feat. Michael Mayo, Keita Ogawa & Tosin Abasi
39 views
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Eyes Of The World (with Shai Maestro & Amir Bresler)
39 views
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Dreams (with & by Eden Ladin)
42 views
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Last Train Home - feat. Jeff Ballard
36 views
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It Will Get Better (feat. Rick Rosato & Jonathan Pinson)
54 views
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NaVanad (feat. Aaron Parks & Jorge Roeder)
36 views
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
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- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
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Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
