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Ehud bounces off the traditions like an exuberant boy on a trampoline, never losing his balance. Although you will hear, now and again, a Tatum flourish, some James P. Johnson chords, a fine Willie “the Lion” Smith filigree, that Cliff Jackson bass pattern, a Ralph Sutton “Charge!” or a Dave McKenna rumbling bass, the result, never synthetic, is all Ehud.,,,, Here’s to Ehud Asherie, a young man with a mature artist’s sensibility! His artistic world is spacious, comfortable, ever-expanding. He’s having fun at the piano and he shares his pleasures with us. Michael Steinman, jazz writer and blogger.