Avishai Cohen, 'Videogame' ****

Track of the day: One thing that you are never lacking on an Avishai Cohen release is energy and a dazzling sense of momentum. And sure enough on new single 'Videogame,' which introduces the new trio album to be released later this spring you get …

Published: 4 Mar 2022. Updated: 2 years.

Track of the day: One thing that you are never lacking on an Avishai Cohen release is energy and a dazzling sense of momentum. And sure enough on new single 'Videogame,' which introduces the new trio album to be released later this spring you get this in abundance. With pianist Elchin Shirinov and drummer Roni Kaspi bass don Cohen is in his element and sounding more powerful than ever. Photo: Hamed Djelou

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Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, Eric Harland, Volume One ****

A fabulous download and streaming-only affair there's an abundance of melodic ideas at the trio's disposal developed and delivered so organically. Ex-Terence Blanchard pianist Aaron Parks in his brief notes explains that ''In August of 2021, Eric …

Published: 4 Mar 2022. Updated: 2 years.

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A fabulous download and streaming-only affair there's an abundance of melodic ideas at the trio's disposal developed and delivered so organically. Ex-Terence Blanchard pianist Aaron Parks in his brief notes explains that ''In August of 2021, Eric Harland, Matt Brewer and I got together for an impromptu recording session. We didn’t rehearse, or talk much about the music, or listen back after takes; after such a long period of pandemic isolation and remote music-making, it felt restorative to just play in real time without any agenda.'' The trio do not stray away from tackling such classics as 'All the Things You Are' but yet seem contemporary and relevant no matter how much they delve into the jazz past. There's a rugged traction to what Harland does that gives the trio a lot of easy mobility and Parks seems so on top of everything that anything is possible. The album includes Parks tunes and material by Brewer, Harland and the late Frank Kimbrough. If you are into the art of the piano trio you simply have to get to hear this.