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Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane, On A Misty Night (Remastered 2018) I Mating Call, 1962
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The Slide Hampton Story: A Trombonist Extraordinaire
Introduction: Slide Hampton, born Locksley Wellington Hampton ninety-two years ago today on April 21, 1932, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, is a name synonymous with excellence in jazz. His remarkable career as a trombonist, composer, and arranger has left an indelible mark on the world of music. Often heralded as one of the greatest jazz trombonists of all time, Hamptonâs contributions to the genreâŠ
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#Art Blakey#Barry Harris#Buddy Johnson#Dawn Hampton#Freddie Hubbard#George Coleman#Jazz History#Jazz Trombonists#Lionel Hampton Band#Max Roach#Maynard Ferguson#McCoy Tyner#Mel Lewis#Melba Liston#Melba Liston and Her &039;Bones#Slide Hampton#Slide Hampton Octet#Tadd Dameron#Thad Jones#The Duke Hampton Band#Virtue Hampton Whitted
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JOHN COLTRANE / PLAYS FOR LOVERS
#music#vinyl#records#jazz#ăŹăłăŒă#newjazzthings#ăžăŁăș#new jazz things#ăąăăă°ăŹăłăŒă#ăžăŁășăŹăłăŒă#ăąăăă°#éłæ„œ#ăă„ăŒăžăŁășă·ăłă°ăč#prestige#red garland#tadd dameron#john coltrane
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Good Bait (2013 - Remaster)
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Jorge Cabadas, impecable e implacable guitarrista, arriesgado y sentido que ya hemos subido en otras ocasiones. Me resulta muy complicado definir lo que hace, seguramente "libre" sea el mejor adjetivo (y ya van cinco), pero voy a remitirme a la descripciĂłn del vĂdeo: "Atrevido experimento a partir de un tema del gran Thelonius Monk y el excelente Cole Porter. SesiĂłn Raras MĂșsicas 133 en CCIC La Tortuga". Para que se hagan una idea, este es el "LetÂŽs Cool One- All Of You" de Monk. De la misma sesiĂłn en directo, "A Child Is Born" de Thad Jones y la mĂĄs esdrĂșjula y difĂcil del lote, "Soultrane" de Tadd Dameron.
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The Parkers - New Sounds in Modern Music, 1948 Savoy Records Album S-509
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Today In History
Mary Lou Williams was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs on May 8, 1910. In a remarkably productive career that spanned a half century, Mary Lou Williams established herself as a pianist, composer and arranger, an unprecedented feat that has remained an inspiration to women in jazz.
While Williamsâs is widely regarded as one of the greatest female jazz musicians ever, her long list of accomplishments is impressive by any measure.
She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records in 78, 45, and LP versions.
Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Remembering Mary Lou Williams - Jazz Pianist, Arranger, and Composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records. Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie
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Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron â The Complete Blue Note & Capitol Recordings(recorded 1947-1949)
Many valuable performances from the height of the bop era are included on this double CD. Subtitled âThe Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordingsâ and comprised of 23 songs and 13 alternate takes, the reissue features the great trumpeter Fats Navarro in peak form with three groups headed by pianist/arranger Tadd Dameron, in trumpet battles with one of his major influences, Howard McGhee, and on a remarkable all-star quintet with pianist Bud Powell and the young tenor Sonny Rollins; among the other sidemen are altoist Ernie Henry; tenors Charlie Rouse, Allen Eager, Wardell Gray, and Dexter Gordon; and vibraphonist Milt Jackson. In addition to such gems as âOur Delight,â âLady Bird,â âDouble Talk,â âBouncing With Bud,â âDance of the Infidels,â and â52nd Street Theme,â Fats is heard with the 1948 Benny Goodman septet (âStealinâ Applesâ) and Dameron leads a group with the 22-year-old Miles Davis. On a whole, this double CD has more than its share of essential music that belongs in all historical jazz collections (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).
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LĂGENDES DU JAZZ
BENNY GOLSON, SAXOPHONISTE ET COMPOSITEUR "Basically, I'd like to stay simple. I'd like to write melodically, and pretty harmonically... Although I'm not consciously looking for it, maybe I want something that's easy to remember.... Beauty can be simple, beauty can be simplicity."
- Benny Golson
NĂ© le 25 janvier 1929 Ă Philadelphie, Benjamin ââBennyââ Golson a fait ses Ă©tudes secondaires Ă Philadelphie. Ă lâĂąge de neuf ans, Golson avait commencĂ© Ă apprendre le piano sous les pressions de sa mĂšre qui voulait faire de lui un pianiste classique. Mais Golson ne lâentendait pas de cette oreille. Il expliquait: âThat was aberrational in my neighborhood. All you heard there was the blues.â
Golson Ă©tait ĂągĂ© de quatorze ans lorsquâil avait assistĂ© Ă un concert de Lionel Hampton au Philadelphiaâs Earl Theater. CâĂ©tait aprĂšs avoir entendu jouer Arnett Cobb qui faisait partie du groupe que Golson avait dĂ©cidĂ© de troquer le piano pour le saxophone tĂ©nor. Il avait commencĂ© Ă composer Ă lâĂąge de dix-sept ans.
Pendant quâil frĂ©quentait le High School, Golson avait jouĂ© avec plusieurs musiciens prometteurs, dont John Coltrane, Red Garland, les frĂšres Jimmy et Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones et Red Rodney. LE MUSICIEN AprĂšs avoir obtenu son diplĂŽme de lâUniversitĂ© Howard (oĂč il avait Ă©crit ses premiers arrangements), Golson avait briĂšvement conduit un camion de livraison avant de se joindre au groupe de rhythm nâ blues de Bull Moose Jackson en 1951. Tadd Dameron, que Golson considĂ©rerait plus tard comme sa plus importante influence comme compositeur, Ă©tait le pianiste de Jackson Ă lâĂ©poque. Golson expliquait ainsi lâinfluence que Dameron avait eu sur lui: "Tadd's music really ignited the spark for me. After hearing things like 'Our Delight' and 'Lady Bird'... I wanted to do more than play tenor sax. I wanted to write."
Une autre influence majeure de Golson Ă©tait le saxophoniste de swing Don Byas. Golson avait Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© trĂšs influencĂ© par Charlie Parker, quâil avait entendu jouer pour la premiĂšre fois lors dâun concert de lâAcadĂ©mie de Musique de Philadelphie en 1945. Golson prĂ©cisait: âAfter we heard that concert that night, our lives changed. It was epochal, what was happening then.â
Câest aprĂšs avoir entendu Parker que Golson avait commencĂ© Ă dĂ©velopper son jeu trĂšs personnel combinant la chaleur et la fluiditĂ© des autres saxophonistes aux innovations harmonieuses de Bird.
Golson travaillait avec lâorchestre de Lionel Hampton Ă lâApollo Theater de Harlem en 1956 lorsquâil avait appris que le trompettiste Clifford Brown, avec qui il avait jouĂ© dans le groupe de Dameron de 1953 Ă 1958, Ă©tait mort dans un accident dâautomobile. Dans une entrevue accordĂ©e au magazine Downbeat en 1961, Golson avait dĂ©crit ainsi sa complicitĂ© avec Brown: "At the time of his death, Brownie was going in his direction more determinedly than anyone I've ever seen. Really, the last two years of his life, he got a hold of what he wanted to do. His imagination was infinite. He always had a bag of surprises."
Golson avait Ă©tĂ© tellement bouleversĂ© par la mort de Brown quâil avait composĂ©Â une piĂšce en son honneur intitulĂ©e ââI Remember Clifford.ââ La piĂšce est devenue depuis un classique du jazz.
AprĂšs avoir quittĂ© le groupe de Dameron, Golson sâĂ©tait joint aux formations de Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hodges (avec qui il avait fait une tournĂ©e avec John Coltrane en 1954), Earl Bostic et Dizzy Gillespie, avec qui il avait participĂ©Â Ă une tournĂ©e financĂ©e par le DĂ©partement dâĂtat.
Golson sâĂ©tait ensuite joint aux Jazz Messengers dâArt Blakey avec qui il avait enregistrĂ©Â lâalbum ââMoaninâââ.
De 1959 à 1962, Golson avait co-dirigeé le groupe Jazztet avec le trompettiste Art Farmer. Le pianiste McCoy Tyner et le joueur de trombone Curtis Fuller faisaient aussi partie de la formation. En 1960, dans le cadre de sa participation au Jazztet, Golson avait remporté le New Star Award décerné par le magazine DownBeat. Le groupe a enregistré six albums avant de cesser ses activités en 1962. LE COMPOSITEUR
En 1963, Ă la demande de Quincy Jones et peut-ĂȘtre aussi pour mieux gagner sa vie, Golson sâĂ©tait installĂ© en Californie pour se concentrer sur la composition et le travail de studio. Ă cette Ă©poque, Golson avait composĂ©Â de la musique pour des sĂ©ries tĂ©lĂ© comme ââMannixââ, ââIronsideââ, ââRoom 222ââ, ââM*A*S*H**ââ, ââThe Patridge Familyââ et ââMission Impossible.ââ Il avait également Ă©crit des thĂšmes publicitaires pour des compagnies comme Canada Dry, Carnation, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Clorox, Dodge, General Telephone, Gillette, MacDonaldâs, Mattel, Nissan, Pepsi Cola, Texaco et Heinz.
Au milieu des annĂ©es 1970, Golson avait effectuĂ© un retour sur scĂšne. Golson, qui nâavait pas touchĂ© Ă son saxophone depuis dix ans, avait dĂ©crit ainsi la sensation quâil avait ressenti lorsquâil avait recommencĂ© Ă jouer de son instrument: "It was like I'd never played the instrument; it felt like a piece of plumbing from the kitchen in my hand. My mind seemed like it wanted to go ahead--my fingers were those of a dead man; my lips were like ripe tomatoes. It was quite a physical struggle. I had no muscles in my lips or jaws... I sounded so bad, I was even embarrassed for my wife to hear me!" Golson avait aussi recommencĂ© Ă enregistrer, collaborant notamment avec Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw et Pharoah Sanders.
Selon le critique Scott Yanow, Ă lâĂ©poque, le style de Golson au saxophone avait Ă©normĂ©ment Ă©voluĂ© et sâapparentait davantage au style dâArchie Shepp et aux autres musiciens du free jazz quâĂ son style original influencĂ© par le swing de Don Byas. En 1982, aprĂšs une tournĂ©e au Japon avec Art Farmer, Golson avait complĂštement rĂ©organisĂ© son Jazztet pour lâadapter aux nouvelles rĂ©alitĂ©s du jazz.
La nouvelle édition du groupe avait été accueillie avec enthousiasme, tant par les amateurs que par la critique. Golson expliquait: "The reception for the revived Jazztet was so warm last year that it was almost like coming back home this second time. The enthusiasm of the audiences has been very encouraging for us--it gives us some incentive to go on in that same direction."
La reprise des activitĂ©s du Jazztet nâavait cependant rien Ă voir avec la nostalgie. Golson poursuivait: "In twenty years, as you might expect... our musical approach is just a little different from the way it was then. Although there's some nostalgic things, like 'Whisper Not' ... I've written a lot of new tunes, and we've moved away somewhat from the hard, straight-up-and-down, strict harmonic kind of approach."
VĂ©ritable ambassadeur du jazz, Golson avait participĂ© en 1987 Ă une tournĂ©e organisĂ©e par le DĂ©partement dâĂtat qui lâavait conduit du sud-est asiatique Ă la Nouvelle-ZĂ©lande, en passant par lâIndonĂ©sie, la Malaisie, la Birmanie et Singapour. Plus tard, lâagence Philip Morris lâavait envoyĂ©Â Ă Bangkok, en Thailande, composer de la musique pour le Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.
Ă la fin des annĂ©es 1990 et au dĂ©but des annĂ©es 2000, Golson avait fait une tournĂ©e avec le groupe toute Ă©toile Roots (dont il Ă©tait le directeur musical depuis 1995) ainsi quâavec le trio de Keith Copeland. Il continuait aussi Ă composer parallĂšlement.
De 1998 Ă 2000, Golson avait participĂ© Ă une tournĂ©e intitulĂ©e ââJazz Messengers - A Legacy to Art Blakeyââ, qui lui avait fait traverser tous les Ătats-Unis, en plus de le conduire en Europe et au Japon. Comme son nom lâindique, la tournĂ©e avait pour but de rendre hommage Ă son ancien mentor Art Blakey, qui Ă©tait dĂ©cĂ©dĂ© en octobre 1990. Lors des funĂ©railles de Blakey, la piĂšce ââBlues Marchââ de Golson avait dâailleurs Ă©tĂ© interprĂ©tĂ©e pour lui rendre hommage.
En 2004, Golson avait fit une brĂšve apparition dans le film ââThe Terminalââ avec Tom Hanks. Dans le film, on faisait allusion Ă la photo ââA Great Day in Harlemââ sur laquelle Golson apparaissait aux cĂŽtĂ©s de plusieurs autres musiciens de jazz. Dans le film, le personnage principal, Viktor Navorski, interprĂ©tĂ© par Hanks, avait voyagĂ© depuis lâEurope pour obtenir lâautographe de Golson. La composition de Golson, ââSomething in B Flatââ, peut aussi ĂȘtre entendue sur une scĂšne oĂč Viktor est en train de peindre et de redĂ©corer une partie le terminus de lâaĂ©roport. Dans une autre scĂšne, on voit Golson interprĂ©ter la piĂšce ââKiller Joe.ââ
Benny Golson est mort Ă sa rĂ©sidence de Manhattan le 21 septembre 2024. Il Ă©tait ĂągĂ© de 95 ans. La mort de Golson a Ă©tĂ© annoncĂ©e par son agent Jason Franklin. HONNEURS ET RĂCOMPENSES Benny Golson a reçu plusieurs prix et rĂ©compenses au cours de sa carriĂšre.
Golson, qui a remportĂ© un prix de la Fondation Guggenheim en 1994, a vu sa carriĂšre ĂȘtre couronnĂ©e deux ans plus tard par la remise dâun NEA Jazz Masters Award de la National Endowment for the Arts. La mĂȘme annĂ©e, le programme de Jazz de lâUniversitĂ© Howard avait crĂ©Ă©Â un prix en son honneur nommĂ© le ââBenny Golson Jazz Master Award.ââ
En octobre 2007, la Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation avait dĂ©cernĂ© Ă Golson le Mellon Living Legend Legacy Award, lors dâune cĂ©rĂ©monie tenue au Lincoln Center. Le mĂȘme mois, lâUniversitĂ© de Pittsburgh lui avait accordĂ© lâInternational Academy of Jazz Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award. Le prix lui avait Ă©tĂ© remis dans le cadre du 37e concert annuel de Jazz au Carnegie Music Hall. En novembre 2009, Goldson a Ă©tĂ© intronisĂ© au sein de lâAcademy of Jazz Hall of Fame.
Benny Golson est le seul artiste de jazz toujours vivant Ă avoir composĂ© au moins huit standards de jazz. VĂ©ritable institution, Golson a enregistrĂ© plus de trente albums sous son nom en plus dâavoir participĂ© Ă des centaines dâenregistrements dâautres artistes. Golson a aussi plus de 300 compositions Ă son crĂ©dit. Au cours de sa carriĂšre de plus de soixante ans, Golson a Ă©galement Ă©crit un nombre incalculable dâarrangements pour des artistes comme Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita OâDay, Oscar Peterson, Diana Ross, Mek Torme, George Shearing, Dusty Springfield et plusieurs autres.
PassionnĂ© dâĂ©ducation, Golson a aussi fait des lectures au Lincoln Center et aux universitĂ©s de New York et de Chicago. Loin de se limiter Ă la musique, les confĂ©rences de Golson abordaient aussi des questions comme le racisme et les relations raciales. Dans une entrevue accordĂ©e au Irish Times, Golson avait tenu Ă prĂ©ciser que ses prĂ©occupations nâĂ©taient pas tant personnelles quâhistoriques. Il avait dĂ©clarĂ©: â[Racism] doesnât disturb me and it didnât disturb me when I was coming up as a kid. Racism? I wanted to play the music. I turned a deaf ear to all that stuff.â
Golson est également lauréat de doctorats honorifiques de la Berklee School of Music et du William Paterson College de Wayne, au New Jersey. Grand pédagogue, il a aussi dirigé des ateliers dans plusieurs universités à travers le monde.
Outre ââI Remember Cliffordââ, plusieurs des compositions de Golson sont devenues des standards du jazz: ââStablematesââ, ââKiller Joeââ, ââWhisper Notââ, ââAlong Came Bettyââ, ââAre You Real ?ââ, ââBlues Marchââ, etc.
En 1958, au cours dâune entrevue accordĂ©e au magazine DownBeat, Golson avait ainsi dĂ©crit sa philosophie de compositeur: "I feel that the best contribution any writer can make is to create compositions that are impressive, meaningful, and lasting. I think all serious writers consciously or unconsciously strive for this." Dans une autre entevue accordĂ©e deux ans plus tard, Golson avait prĂ©cisĂ©: "Basically, I'd like to stay simple. I'd like to write melodically, and pretty harmonically... Although I'm not consciously looking for it, maybe I want something that's easy to remember.... Beauty can be simple, beauty can be simplicity."
Lorsquâon demandait Ă Golson laquelle de ses activitĂ©s il trouvait la plus satisfaisante entre la composition et sa carriĂšre de musicien, il rĂ©pondait simplement: âItâs like having two wives. Iâm a musical bigamist. I canât decide, so I just go on with both of them.â ©-2023-2024, tous droits rĂ©servĂ©s, Les Productions de lâImaginaire historique SOURCES:
ââBenny Golson.ââ Wikipedia, 2022. ââBenny Golson.ââ National Endowment of the Arts, 2023. ââBenny Golson.ââ Jazzstandards.com, 2023. ââBenny Golson.ââ Encyclopedia.com, 13 aoĂ»t 2018.
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ÂżExiste la originalidad?
"Los buenos artistas copian, los genios roban".
Una frase que alguna vez Steve Jobs pronunció la cual atribuyó a Pablo Picasso. Hace referencia a que la genialidad muchas veces solo es la capacidad de ver lo que ya existe a través de una nueva luz.
Esta es una verdad que los jazzistas conocen bien, bĂĄsicamente la evoluciĂłn del jazz se dio a travĂ©s de un montĂłn de mĂșsicos copiĂĄndose unos a otros, irĂłnicamente el jazz es sinĂłnimo de creatividad, originalidad e innovaciĂłn.
De hecho existe una prĂĄctica muy comĂșn dentro del jazz llamada contrafact que consiste en tomar la armonĂa de una canciĂłn existente para crear una nueva. Algunos contrafact famosos son Donna Lee atribuida a Charlie Parker (aunque en alguna ocasiĂłn Davis reclamĂł su autorĂa) la cual toma su armonĂa del standard Back Home Again In Indiana, otro muy famoso es Oleo de Sonny Rollins que toma su armonĂa de I Got Rhythm.
Un mĂșsico que llevĂł estĂĄ prĂĄctica un paso mĂĄs allĂĄ fue John Coltrane, etiquetado como genio en mĂĄs de una ocasiĂłn. En 1957 publicĂł el ĂĄlbum Blue Train donde se encuentra uno de sus temas mĂĄs famosos: Lazy Bird el cuĂĄl es bĂĄsicamente un contrafact del tema Lady Bird de Tadd Dameron, sin embargo a la progresiĂłn original coltrane sustituye los movimientos de ll-V por una back door cadence para luego resolver en una sorpresiva modulaciĂłn de tercera mayor descendente.
Utilizando esta tĂ©cnica Coltrane crearĂa varias canciones a las que se les conoce como temas de sustituciĂłn de Coltrane.
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Tadd Dameron · John Coltrane, Soultrane (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) I Mating Call (RVG Remaster), 1956
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'Round About Midnight: Miles Davis' Timeless Journey into Jazz Excellence
Introduction: Few recordings in jazz history have created as lasting an impression as Miles Davisâ ââRound About Midnight.â This legendary album, released in 1957, is a monument to Miles Davisâ creativity and the transformational power of jazz. ââRound About Midnightâ not only cemented Davisâ image as a jazz titan but also transformed the trajectory of the entire genre, thanks to its fascinatingâŠ
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Karin Krog, Georgie Fame & Tadd Dameron - On a Misty Night
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LIVESTREAM: MICHAEL KANAN with Greg Ruggerio and Neal Miner, MEZZROWâS, 19 NOVEMBER 2024, 9 pm set
Iâve passed on MICHAEL KANAN as âjust another NYC jazz pianistâ even though a) I very much like NYC jazz pianists and b) the âjustâ actually reflects being a member of an elite club, just as the last player on the bench of a W/NBA team relegated to garbage minutes is so much better than 99.several decimal places better than just about anybody. Now, that this is his standard band with Greg Ruggerio on guitar probably, I confess, prejudiced me against him/them. Sure, the original Oscar Peterson Trio had Herb Ellis in it, but having Ed Thigpen on drums instead suited me just fine.
I am almost certain that KANAN was sitting upfront that night at Mezzrowâs five weeks ago when I/we saw Bill Charlap/Noriko Ueda. I read further that he is a second generation Lennie Tristano-ite via his mentorship by Harvey Diamond and Sal Mosca. He has a nice touch, a deep repertoire born of working with Jane Monheit and other singers, and a great good humor with these old friends. I think of those left hand arpeggios when I think of Tristano, but he often defers to Miner to the point where he just plays with his right hand.
He has an album with Jorge Rossy called Tadd and Thad. They didnât play Dameronâs glorious On a Misty Night which opened the album, instead it was Jonesâ Three in One which was sprightly and collectively intricate (maybe thatâs a Tristano influence). I liked the group sound, even Ruggerioâs guitar. He plays without a pick but fluid single notes. His chords are neither Freddie Green nor Jim Hall/Joe Pass intricate voicings, but he/they interact well. Without a drummer, they trade fours in every possible permutation. Additionally, the guitar opens up a different dynamic for all of them. Itâs an intriguing ensemble.
Brother Can You Spare a Dime was next and then I didnât recognize anything until a KANAN only All the Things You Are, an announced Neal Miner tune with a luscious bass line of course, and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square before a quick closer. But all the tunes were fun romps showcasing their collective virtues. It was just the kind of set I was looking for anyway. I am glad to have another just another NYC jazz pianist and I will continue to think of the piano/guitar/bass trio. More early Peterson and some Nat King Cole before they realized just how well he could sing are in order.
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