"Israelsk jazz spiller et uventet trumfkort ud i form af den helt unge trio Shalosh og deres medrivende tredje album, 'Onwards & Upwards'. 'Shalosh' betyder tre på hebraisk, og trioen med base i Tel Aviv består af pianisten Gadi Stern, bassisten David Michaeli og trommeslageren Matan Assayag. At Tel Aviv er det kulturelle Israels moderne pulsslag, er man ikke i tvivl om, når man hører den livfulde trio folde sig ud ... Trioens kombination af fusion og folklore på en solid og spændstig bund af Gadi Sterns klare og letfodede piano peger på Esbjörn Svensson Trio som inspiration"

"Album of the week" - "I had an over riding sense of déjà vu when hearing Shalosh for the first time. Not only do they inhabit similar terrain to EST certainly on the surface they appear for Onwards and Upwards on the same label as the great piano trio.But there are as many differences as there are similarities. Certainly the trio push and play with the idea of a piano trio and fold in a wide variety of influences spanning jazz, rock and electronica. But they also go their own way ... Shalosh bring a sense of drama, heat and engagement to their tunes and the trio manage to carve out a space that has appeal to jazz audiences but can also exist simply as modern sounding rock or whatever inspired instrumental music"