What a version. There's so much emotional honesty and a poised sense of delivery here. Billy Hart piece 'Duchess' that you might know from Oshumare (Gramavision, 1985) or All Our Reasons (ECM, 2012) also beautifully covered by George Colligan with Hart and Drew Gress on 1998 SteepleChase release Stomping Ground is one of a few tracks streaming ahead of May release Slowly: Song for Keith Jarrett. Up there with the best classic jazz piano trio sounds around at the moment (earlier in the year only the latest Bill Cunliffe comes close in terms of elegance). Pianist Haidu is with two legends from Mwandishi, Buster Williams on double bass and Hart himself on drums. Why so good? Perhaps it's the dreamy atmosphere or the way the piece unfolds in surprising ways. The art of improvisation and the art of the trio dovetail so naturally. To be issued by Sunnyside. Buster Williams, top left, Noah Haidu, Billy Hart. Photo: Facebook
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