Press

"Jake Hertzog is one of the finest young jazz guitarists on the scene"
- Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player Magazine
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"Hertzog succeeds in seducing on both a visceral and cerebral level...his is a fine recording which will go some way towards building—over time—his very own legend."
- Ian Patterson, All About Jazz
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"An unapologetic brand of jazz-rock guitar that does not look back...Evolution is easily one of the best jazz-rock guitar CDs of 2011."
- Mark Redlefsen, All About Jazz
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“– It’s not just the high-energy & talent… it’s [Jake’s] VISION for where the music of the 21st Century needs to move to… critics & listeners alike will be listening to this 20 years from now & hailing it as a CLASSIC!"
- Dick Metcalf, Rotcod Zzaj
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"Hertzog's new album Evolution demonstrates his prowess as a pivotal guitarist on fusion's landscape. Guitarist Jake Hertzog is one of a kind."
- Susan Frances, Associated Content
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"Extreme Jazz Guitar"
-Jazz 88.3 KSDS FM San Diego

"One of the very few prolific young guitarists to convincingly embrace the potential of blending a jazz and rock style of performing."
- John Barron, thejazzword.blogspot.com
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"He’s well on his way to being the Coltrane of guitar, and this latest set really blows the ears wide open."
- Chris Spector, Midwest Records
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"Guitarist Jake Hertzog is carrying the flag high and making his mark on the [Jazz-Rock] style on Evolution. Hertzog’s music has a little more going for it than most"
- Robert Lannapollo, CODA Magazine
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Echoes of Metheny, Stern, and Breau (among others) surface in Hertzog’s playing, but his dazzlingly adventurous approach puts him in a jazz league all his own.
- Art Thompson, Guitar Player Magazine

Patterns is GP Mag's Editor's Pick, June 2010!!
Read Jake's featured interview in Guitar Player Magazine [June 2009]

"It’s almost safe to say that this sounds like nothing you’ve heard before. This is the guitar record you play when you absolutely, positively need to have your mind melted."
- Chris Spector, Midwest Records
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"...undeniably killing."
- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Critic & Author (Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius)
Full album liner notes from Patterns

"Tech heads and six-string fans need to hear guitarist Jake Hertzog..."
- Doug Simpson, CampusCircle.com
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"There is something here that hasn't been heard before! Hertzog plays confident, even blistering solos... Certainly a must-buy for fans of great fusion and jazz guitar!"
- Steve Roberts, ZNR Records
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"Pumping & full of life-giving energy... I'm once again highly impressed - and knowing I have an album my ears will listen to over & over & over again, as will yours."
- Rotcod Zzaj, ImproviJazzNation
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“Jake Hertzog is a risk-taker and a mind-blowing guitarist. There is nothing else like it.”
- Susan Frances, JazzReview.Com
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"Sure to perk up the ears of all guitar fans."
- MWE3.com [Music Web Express 3000]
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“Very impressive for such a young man!”
- John McLaughin

"Hertzog keeps listeners constantly on their toes, zigging when you might expect him to zag, and blazing through unorthodox intervallic maneuvers with an ease that would likely give players twice his age pause."
- Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player Magazine

“Hertzog is the real deal on many levels...one of the most original I have heard”
- Ralph A. Miriello, Jazz.com
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“Advanced... moving... elegant...”
- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
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"At his age Jake already belongs among the great jazzy guitar players like Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin to name but a few."
-Gert Hulshof, Dutch Progressive Rock Page
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"Jake Hertzog is a unique voice in jazz with potential to be able to reach out to a jazz sensibility for a new audience for the music."
-100 Greatest Jazz Albums.com
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Full review round-up on Chromatosphere [2009]»