Jake Hertzog Trio

Jake's rock-jazz group has been performing together around the world since 2008. They have released four studio albums - Chromatosphere, Patterns, Evolution, Throwback (featuring Randy Brecker) and the latest, Beyond The Standard Model vol I, Throwback.

Harvie S on bass and Victor Jones on Drums.

Ambisonic Free Jazz: Hertzog | Hogan

A cutting edge unique project featuring sound design and media artist Adam Hogan, the Experimental Performance and Research Ensemble is pushing the boundaries of ambisonic music and free jazz. Check out the new album “a turn of events” in DOLBY ATMOS and Spotify.

A live video below features the duo’s live ambisonic improvisation:

Well Lit Shadow

Well Lit Shadow is a suite for solo electric guitar inspired by the images of particle collisions. The music was composed as a set of nine pieces with short improvisations leading from one to the next. Some of the pieces are very literal, they are an attempt to depict the chaos and beauty of these collisions and the images produced by our measurements of them. Other pieces are meditations on the deeper meaning of these experiments, the incredible machines we have created to do them, and the secret knowledge we have built them to pursue. 

Improvisation takes a literal meaning in this piece, representing the unpredictability of the particles themselves and the uncertainty of what will be discovered. Jake also performs the Well Lit Shadow suite live with multi-media accompaniment.

Stringscapes

Stringscapes is a project that seeks to express the wild beauty of planet earth through music in a guitar duo format, featuring the brilliant classical guitarist Yishai Fisher.

Stringscapes is to pushes the boundaries in the classical world by incorporating a wide range of jazz and folk guitar influences, while adhering to the harmonic spectrum laid down by the post romantic and 20th century classical composers. 

Stringscapes: A Portrait of the World in Nylon and Steel was released in 2018 on Fretmonkey Records. The duo has toured in the US and Israel.

In studio performance video filmed at Crisp Studios, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Jake Hertzog - Steel String Guitar

Yishai Fisher - Nylon String Guitar

The Young Presidents (2011-2016)

Jake’s former rock band!

Jake Hertzog and Mitch Kaneff, core members of The Young Presidents, created an electrifying vision of rock music by collaborating with some of the world’s most talented entertainers including:

Corey Glover (Living Colour), Anton Fig (Late Night with Letterman drummer), Blondie Chaplin (Beach Boys, Rolling Stones), Ivan Neville, Adam Ezra and Grammy-winning producer Rob Fraboni (Stones, Bonnie Raitt, The Band).

Jake plays guitar, sings and co-writes lyrics and music with bassist Mitch Kaneff.

Unacceptable You - Official Music Video