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Ehud Asherie Trio: Wild Man Blues
ByAsherie is joined by bassist Peter Washington and drummer Rodney Green in a retro piano trio affair exploring the classic music of the early twentieth century, with a twenty-first century swagger. A saucy version of Dizzy Gillespie's "And Then She Stopped," from the 1964 album Jambo Caribe (Verve) is as modern as it gets. It would be easy to mistake this sound, on a blindfold test, for an album recorded in the 1940s, but the sound qualityexcellentgives away its modern vintage. And Asherie's playing, always reverent, exudes a passion and joy of his immersion into these sounds.
The trio doesn't stick to American-made jazz. They engage in a swing by Brazil with an up-tempo romp on "Flying Down to Rio," from the 1933 movie of the same name, and they lay down a bubbling-with-life take on "Na Baixa Do Sapateiro," from 1933.
A fine sound straight through, withif we're counting highlightsa pair of Charlie Parker tunes, "Parker's Mood" and "Chasin' the Bird," along with the Armstrong title cut leaving he most lasting impressions. Songs that wouldn't seem to lend themselves to a piano trio treatment. But Ehud Asherie and his trio make them shine.
Track Listing
Wild Man Blues; Parker's Mood; Flying Down To Rio; Autumn Nocturne; Chasin' The Bird; Na Baixa Do Sapateiro; Oh, Lady Be Good; And Then She Stopped.
Personnel
Ehud Asherie
pianoEhud Asherie: piano; Peter Washington: bass; Rodney Green: drums.
Album information
Title: Wild Man Blues | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Capri Records
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