Bluesnik / Elmo
I thought that I would draw your attention to the Paul Giallorenzo trio recording "Flow" which I have been enjoying this evening. His previous album featured the trombone of the exceptional Jeb Bishop and multi-reed man Mars Williams but this record dispenses with the horns and brings Joshua Abrams in in bass plus Mikel Patrick Avery in drums. I am afraid that I have never heard of the drummer but he is also an artist and photographer. I believe than Giallorenzo also worked as a copyist for Roscoe Mitchell.
The reason I have flagged this up is because the trio really reminded me of Herbie Nichols. The track "Rolling" could have been written by Nichols. In fact, if you are in to pianists like Monk, Nichols or Elmo Hope this record is going to be quite interesting. It is refreshingly different from so much contemporary jazz piano even if there are moments where Giallorenzo pushes the music quite outside the structure of the music. I find that a lot of Delmark material seems to have a nostalgic air about it - even the most outside stuff seems to work on the premise that the jazz of the 1960's is very much unfinished business and what has happened on the intervening 50 years has been discounted. It is probably the least faddish label out there but "Flow" is the first piano trio I have been tempted by on this label. They do not often include groups with pianos. This is a really interesting disc with the music feeling like much of the adventurous stuff from the late 50's. I think the drummer is really laid back and , oddly for contemporary trios, the bassist seems to work more the group than in the liberated post- La Faro fashion. Some of the music is introspective despite the harmonies taking odd twists yet the over-riding impression is that this piano is really coming out of the Nichol's tradition. For that reason, I thought both of you might be interested.
I thought that I would draw your attention to the Paul Giallorenzo trio recording "Flow" which I have been enjoying this evening. His previous album featured the trombone of the exceptional Jeb Bishop and multi-reed man Mars Williams but this record dispenses with the horns and brings Joshua Abrams in in bass plus Mikel Patrick Avery in drums. I am afraid that I have never heard of the drummer but he is also an artist and photographer. I believe than Giallorenzo also worked as a copyist for Roscoe Mitchell.
The reason I have flagged this up is because the trio really reminded me of Herbie Nichols. The track "Rolling" could have been written by Nichols. In fact, if you are in to pianists like Monk, Nichols or Elmo Hope this record is going to be quite interesting. It is refreshingly different from so much contemporary jazz piano even if there are moments where Giallorenzo pushes the music quite outside the structure of the music. I find that a lot of Delmark material seems to have a nostalgic air about it - even the most outside stuff seems to work on the premise that the jazz of the 1960's is very much unfinished business and what has happened on the intervening 50 years has been discounted. It is probably the least faddish label out there but "Flow" is the first piano trio I have been tempted by on this label. They do not often include groups with pianos. This is a really interesting disc with the music feeling like much of the adventurous stuff from the late 50's. I think the drummer is really laid back and , oddly for contemporary trios, the bassist seems to work more the group than in the liberated post- La Faro fashion. Some of the music is introspective despite the harmonies taking odd twists yet the over-riding impression is that this piano is really coming out of the Nichol's tradition. For that reason, I thought both of you might be interested.
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