Denny Zeitlin Trio As Long As There's Music

Jazz Pianist's 1998 Trio Album on 180g Vinyl!
Denny Zeitlin is an American jazz pianst and composer. He's recorded more than 35 albums, including more than 100 original compositions.
Denny Zeitlin may only pursue his musical career part-time, but this has not detracted from his talent as a pianist, as this recording from 1997 for the demanding Japanese market proves. Together with Buster Williams (bass) and Al Foster (drums) he plays two of his own compositions as well as pieces from the Great American Songbook.
The album was recorded on December 5, 1997 at Clinton Studio in New York.
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The part-time nature of Denny Zeitlin's music career hasn't harmed his pianistic abilities one iota, as this trio date for the discerning Japanese market demonstrates. Beautifully recorded, with world-class support from Buster Williams (bass) and Al Foster (drums), the album is mostly set in the thoughtful, harmonically complex idiom now identified with Bill Evans but with outbreaks of swinging fervor. There are two original Zeitlin tunes - 'There and Back,' with a definite Evans flavor, and the more unpredictable wanderings of 'Canyon.' The rest of the tunes are Great American Songbook favorites, jazz standards (Zeitlin is particularly inventive and swinging on John Coltrane's modified blues 'Cousin Mary'), and the traditional token bossa nova (A.C. Jobim's 'Triste'). A conservative record, yet quite beautiful. - AllMusic.com

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Mixed and Mastered by Tetsuo Hara
• Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix Stereo
• OBI Strip
• Made in Japan

Musicians:

• Denny Zeitlin, piano
• Buster Williams, bass
• Al Foster, drums

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