Alan Broadbent Trio - Like Minds

Styles: Piano Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:34
Size: 136,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:24) 1. This I Dig of You
(8:25) 2. Prelude to Peace
(7:18) 3. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
(5:16) 4. Dance Only with Me
(5:58) 5. Airegin
(8:19) 6. Stairway to the Stars
(4:45) 7. Blue Pearl
(6:42) 8. This Is New
(6:25) 9. Yardbird Suite

Out today is Alan Broadbent's new trio album, Like Minds (Savant), with Harvie S on bass and Billy Mintz on drums. It's a terrific trio recording, featuring Alan's elegant piano and superb conversational interactions with Harvie and Billy. I've known Alan for many years, and it's always a joy to hear his new releases, see him live and catch up. I first fell in love with his playing on his duo albums backing vocalist Irene Kral Where Is Love (1974) and Gentle Rain (1977). By then, my ear was grooved to the piano articulation of Bill Evans, and Alan's playing shared many similar traits, including the swing, the gentle quality, the pedal tones and chord voicings.

Alan's new album is terrific, with songs ranging from Hank Mobley's This I Dig of You, Bud Powell's Blue Pearl and Sonny Rollins's Airegin to Clara Edwards and Jack Lawrence's With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's Dance Only With Me. Harvie S is also such a gorgeous player, running sensitive, meaty lines behind Alan while Billy is right there with splashy but tender cymbals and drum figures. So great to hear a trio that's so in sync and in the pocket. https://www.jazzwax.com/2022/05/alan-broadbent-like-minds.html

Personnel: Alan Broadbent, piano; Harvie S, bass; Billy Mintz, drums.

Like Minds

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