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The Pleasure of a Jazz Inspiration
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The Pleasure of a Jazz Inspiration
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, who retired from jazz in 1960, returned in the mid-'80s and recorded three solo albums; he passed away in 1993. This CD, which contains eight originals (which are subtitled
), is not as adventurous as one might think. Actually a lot of the songs are based on fairly common chord changes.
plays quite well (mixing in his dominant
influence with touches of
), making one regret that the important bop-based pianist took so many years off. At least his final efforts were impressive, and this CD offers some fine examples of his playing after his "comeback." ~ Scott Yanow