User:Hertzog11/Jake Hertzog

Biography
Jacob B. Hertzog was born on March 14th, 1986 and grew up in the town of Champaign/Urbana Illinois. As a child, Jacob showed a particular interest in music. At age 9, Jake began taking guitar lessons. Jacob attended University Laboratory High School also known as “Uni High” where he excelled in the Jazz band and took ensemble classes from the University of Illinois. When Hertzog graduated in 2003, he took the next step in his musical career by attending the world class Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. At Berklee, Jake studied with well-known guitarists such as Mick Goodrick, Rick Peckham, and Ritchie Hart among others. In 2006, Jake became the youngest winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Gibson Guitar competition at 20 years old. He returned the next year opening for John Scofield. Hertzog graduated Berklee School of Music in 2007 and eventually made his way to New York City. In New York, Hertzog has produced two CD’s, worked as the musical director for Nickelodeon’s Naked Brother Band, and continuing his blossoming career as a cutting edge guitarist.

Career
Jacob stood out in school and was one of the only guitarists to hold both chairs in the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra directed by Greg Hopkins, and the Rainbow Band directed by Phil Wilson. Throughout school and after, Hertzog has had to pleasure to collaborate and play with fantastic musicians like, Michael Wolff, Mike Clark, Greg Osby, Victor Jones, Harvie S, Chip Jackson, Bucky Pizzeralli, John Bunch, Mickey Roker, Max Weinberg, Zade Dirani, and Nat and Alex Wolff.

Jacob currently has two CD’s, Chromatosphere ’09 and newly released Patterns ’10. His tour with the Jake Hertzog Trio has taken him across the United States in a variety of venues. Hertzog has also played in a variety of rock/pop bands including NY based “Hey Guy”. Jacob has been featured in “Guitar Player Magazine” as well as writing a lesson column called “Hey Jazz Guy” that appears in GPM each month.

Discography

 * 1) Chromatosphere, 2009 “That’s Our Records”
 * 2) Patterns, 2010 “Buckyball Music”