submitted on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 07:06 in Jazz Niche by Mike_Longo Rating:
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The release of Debbie Poryes' A Song In Jazz is quite an impressive one for the California pianist. In listening to these tunes mostly from the Great American Songbook, namely the opening showtune, "A Wonderful Guy" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and the last track, the vastly popular hit "People" from Jule Styne's Funny Girl , one can't help wonder just how the Bill Evans Trio might have handled these compositions. Notice that I said the Evans trio, not just the legendary pianist himself inasmuch as both of these tracks are performed by a totally intuitive, interactive trio in the same manner as Evans/LaFaro/Motian...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Michael P. Gladstone
