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♦ After listening to the Koby Hayon Trio album titled Gemini, I have been transported to another place. Koby is a World Class artist and this record is full of haunting melodies, beautiful compositions and stellar playing by all three. The record is simply stunning. Much like the affect that Pat Metheney's 'Bright Size Life' had on me.

Koby plays with extreme command over the guitar and maintains a sense of timing, melody and improv skills which few possess. I cannot say enough about this fine record. It creates moods and paints pictures in your mind.
Steve Snider, Carmel Magazine

♦ Hayon's Hebraic heritage presents itself most prominently on Ask Me Again, a quirky vehicle in five that benefits from some impressive soloing on Hayon's part, and Gemini, which settles in over Driscoll's catchy bass line.
Vertigo is dressed in musical ambivalence, but Hayon hints at something darker on several pieces, like What No One Can See and the slow moving Crumbs.
Dan Bilawsky www.allaboutjazz.com
♦ Hayon has developed his own sound that shows knowledge of past masters while developing his own voice on both electric and acoustic guitars.
The music on this album is played at a consistently high level, and is warmly recommended to fans of modern mainstream jazz guitar.
Jazzandblues.blogspot.com
♦ Jerusalem-born guitarist Koby Hayon is a remarkable artist whose music is an aural manifestation of what he feels.
In this production-obsessed age of the tail wagging the dog – musicians and producers who seem more interested in the technique of how music is played and packaged than in the emotional honesty of what is played – it’s a pleasant change to hear one whose music is unfiltered by a superficial scrim of gratuitous tricks.
www.petemalinverni.com
♦ Hayon's technique is excellent throughout, regardless if he plays a straight-forward Jazz or crosses over to Fusion pyrotechnics.
Although the influence of his teachers and mentors, like John Abercrombie and Pat Metheny is also evident, Hayon contributes enough originality and personal input to make his statements sound unique and distinctive well beyond plagiarism.
Jazziz.com
♦ This recording accurately reflects life today.
The challenges ahead, the turmoil around the world is evident in these compositions. Koby has performed the duty of the artist.
www.kermitdriscoll.com
♦ Hayon and his trio deliver a set of jittery but-appealing jazz stew.
♦ His playing is never cliched and his compositions show he has his foot in different musical forms. It all comes out tasty and new as you wind your way through.
Vintage Guitar
♦ Israeli-born guitarist Koby Hayon is a John Abercrombie protege, and you can hear elements of his former teacher's sound in his playing.
Koby has spent time converting traditional Israeli music into jazz – so it is clear he has developed a sound of his own, which fuses those different elements together.
www.jazzchicago.net
♦ The two facets of Hayon's musicality: a cultural legacy, along with his malleable and innovaive jazz technique. Scarsdale inquirer
♦ Hayon and his trio project a consistent artistic sensibility while navigating the expressive possibilities of each seemingly disparate idiom, blending intimacy with brash statement.
These are incongruous idioms, maybe, but there is an overarching discipline at play that keeps the personal voice of Koby Hayon, the human being, out front. It is that confident personal statement that holds the recording together in such a way that gives the listener tastes of many moods and flavors while presenting an overall well-blended statement. Highly recommended.
www.petemalinverni.com
♦ Hayon cuts a refreshingly melodic solo that lends itself nicely to the rhythm section and also blends well with the melody of the tune.
Koby Hayon’s debut album, Gemini, features a wide-open style of playing that gives the trio plenty of room to fill space and experiment with the pushing and pulling of time to shape the musical space around them.
Jazzreview.com
♦ We don't hear the effort; instead we hear Mr. Hayon's humanity. He uses his estimable skills in the service of human expression. That, to an artist, is the definition of real technique.
www.petemalinverni.com
Hayon's interesting compositions blends traditional jazz guitar with Middle-Eastern song and pop. To underline this fact, he covers the popular Yemenite street song Galbi and the Beatles' Norwegian Wood.
Intent listening and nice improvisations and interaction by the trio members throughout lead to a satisfying listening experience, with the overall mood one of an understated and lingering feel of mystery.
Brad Walseth

♦ Koby's compositions reflect his wide range of musical experience.
I can hear his middle-eastern roots on several of the compositions, (check out his improvisations on Norwegian Wood) , yet on many tunes, “Crumbs” for example, I hear the wide open spaces of the Midwest of America.
kermitdriscoll.com
♦ The most impressive aspect of this recording is the interplay between the musicians and the performance of these three musicians as team.
Adam Baruch
♦ One has to admit that Hayon's performances are beautifully executed in all cases.
www.jazzis.com
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