Jigsaw (Jeremy Steig)

One of not many outings of flutist Jeremy Steig, with LeeAnn Ledgerwood on piano and Joe Chambers on drums, produced by Walter Becker (Steely Dan). I direct your attention to his take on the seldom heard B. Kaper’s ballad While My Lady Sleep, following closely Coltrane’s 1957 rendition (from «Coltrane») with its characteristic piano-bass ostinato. (Triloka 320190-2, 1991)

MP3@320 VBR

1 - Washington Place (4:00)
2 - Seascape (4:46)
3 - While My Lady Sleeps (5:50)
4 - Tears for Charles Street (4:52)
5 - Circular Norton (5:16)
6 - Sifu's Song (Dedicated to Kenny Gong)(5:19)
7 - Et Tu Tweetus (3:53)
8 - Jigsaw (5:25)
9 - Spring Street (5:08)
10 - Naima (6:43).

This One’s for Bill (Kenny Drew, Jr.)

A solo set by Kenny Drew, Jr. cut in 1995 at NYC’s Masonic Temple, and dedicated to Bill Evans. It includes the first (and probably last) recording ever of Evans’ composition It’s Love-It’s Christmas. TCB 99352

MP3@320 VBR

1 - This One's For Bill
2 - Remembering the Rain
3 - Suicide Is Painless
4 - It’s Love-It’s Christmas
5 - On Green Dolphin Street
6 - Two Lonely People, The
7 - Days of Wine and Roses, The
8 - Nardis

Deconstruction Zone (Ethan Iverson, 1998)

Ethan Iverson’s (pianist of the power trioThe Bad Plus) third record under his own name, for the Spanish imprint Fresh Sound. Stunningly personal and mature statement about seven of the most worn-out standards, by mean of the most inflated of formats, the piano trio. With Reid Anderson and Jorge Rossi.

MP3@320 VBR

1. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

2. The Song Is You

3. This Nearly Was Mine

4. All of Me

5. I’ll Remember April

6. SMoke Gets in Your Eyes

7. Have You Met Miss Jones?