Pianos Puzzle by Georges Arvanitas, released on Saravah in France in 1970.

Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist.

He was born in Marseille, a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially trained as a classical pianist, switching to jazz during his teens. His influences included Bud Powell and Bill Evans. In the late 1950s, he featured on albums by Art Farmer and Louis Hayes, and played with Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin. He also worked with Yusef Lateef. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PcYQfSt1HE&list=PLtsX_sSTMJhg8bj_GQmib9RaMTgXC9ZYI&index=1

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Ended Wednesday and started Thursday after a swim with Three Waves by the Steve Kuhn Trio, released on Contact in 1966.

Review by Ken Dryden

Predictable is not an adjective associated with the recordings of pianist Steve Kuhn. He is joined by bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Pete La Roca for this exciting studio session from the mid-1960s, both of whom he had worked with under Art Farmer, as well as on La Roca's smashing debut as a leader, Basra. With the exception of "Ida Lupino" and "Never Let Me Go," the music will likely be unfamiliar to most jazz fans, but adventurous souls are in for a treat...

"Hearing the Steve Kuhn Trio at his best -as it is on this record- one is made aware of the intricacy, the passion and the great beauty of jazz improvisation."

—Don Heckman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJrUicNweA4&list=PL7LeRojDlDaUSySK_6fsNR1s5uIon28ly&index=1

#SteveKuhn #SteveSwallow #PeteLaRoca #Jazz #JazzPianoTrio #Music #Modal

The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach with pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, recorded in 1964 and released on the Atlantic label in March 1965. It is the only recording featuring Ibn Ali released during his lifetime.

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating: "This is a classic of its kind and it is fortunate that it was made, but it is a tragedy that Hasaan would not record again and that he would soon sink back into obscurity"- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYqbRGZXxE&list=PLuFO2yBA-OKOp1zWELUQgkKAuPB57JlLV&index=1

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Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano (also released as The Modernity of Kenny Drew) is a 12" LP record album by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew. It contains sessions recorded in 1953 and 1954 (some of which were originally released as a 10" LP The Ideation of Kenny Drew) and was released on the Norgran label.

The AllMusic review states: "[T]his disc is well worth acquiring for bop fans." The Billboard reviewer wrote that Drew "shows off some bright, modern stylings on a group of standards that should please cool collectors." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNpcPofTwQ&list=PL1TBkXfV0M8_z_W-38zCRvChEQ-3Pk6tw&index=1

#KennyDrew #Bop #Jazz #JazzPianoTrio #Norgran #Music #GeneWright

West Side Story is a 1962 studio album by Oscar Peterson and his trio. The album features jazz interpretations of seven songs from the film West Side Story.

Review by Ken Dryden

..rather than woodshed on the selections prior to entering the studio, the Oscar Peterson Trio spontaneously created impressions of the musical's themes on the spot. "Something's Coming" seems like a series of vignettes, constantly shifting its mood, as if moving from one scene to the next. Ray Brown plays arco bass behind Peterson in the lovely "Somewhere," while the feeling to "Jet Song" is very hip in the trio's hands. The snappy interplay between the musicians in the brisk setting of "Tonight" turns it into a swinger. "Maria" initially has a light, dreamy quality, though it evolves into a solid groove...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGb2wuT1p9o&list=RDLGb2wuT1p9o&start_radio=1

#OscarPeterson #JazzPianoTrio #WestSideStory #Jazz #Music #EdThigpen #RayBrown #VerveRecords

Contrasts is a 1954 studio album by Erroll Garner. Giving it a four-star rating, Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "Erroll Garner never recorded an uninspired solo, and this CD is as good a place as any to explore his joyful music.". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SvRVAImYa4&list=PLZGc_ONM98vDhMjjKcJMJ04wcf0MFSyou&index=1

#ErrollGarner #JazzPiano #JazzPianoTrio #Jazz #Music #Candido

Explosions is the second album by the Bob James Trio. It was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City during May 1965, and was released later that year by ESP-Disk. On the album, James is featured on piano, and is joined by bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Robert Pozar. The album also features tape collages by composers Gordon Mumma and Robert Ashley. It is an early example of electro-acoustic jazz.

In a review for AllMusic, "Blue" Gene Tyranny called the album "probably the first recording of improvised jazz combined with electronic music, as well as playing inside the piano and other new music techniques," and noted that it "contains lively and often humorous compositions." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0bwZ5qoiA&list=RDFG0bwZ5qoiA&start_radio=1

#BobJames #ESPDisk #Jazz #FreeJazz #JazzPianoTrio #BarrePhillips #GordonMumma #RobertAshley #MUsic #ElectroAcousticJazz

Ramblin' with Mose is the sixth album to be released (but fourth recorded) by blues/jazz pianist and vocalist Mose Allison which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label.

Thom Jurek of Allmusic states, "Allison displays absolutely brilliant instrumental prowess as both an arranger and as an improviser. His unique, often unorthodox interpretations of standards and pop songs set him apart from virtually every one of his peers" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8cgNFbsVg&list=OLAK5uy_lZnhWPsp114aTT8PHeEC_lAAzRyee6LE8&index=1

#MoseAllison #Jazz #Blues #PrestigeRecords #VocalJazz #JazzPianoTrio #Music

Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia in 1955.

The album was recorded on September 19, 1955, in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now Sunset Center) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a welcoming space being used as part of local promoter Jimmy Lyons' "Sunset Series", this series in turn laying the groundwork for the beginnings of the Monterey Jazz Festival. From nearby Fort Ord military base servicemen were bused to join the enthusiastic and receptive audience at this Erroll Garner Trio gig. - Wikipedia

One of my long gone father's favourite records!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD34WHYM9p0&list=PL5cXl_IvbwiUUBEBmiILLrBd7WmU3IRye&index=2

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Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus a 1962 album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). Initially intended as a jazz response to the 1959 film Black Orpheus, the album is best known for including the original composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", which became a surprise commercial hit and won Guaraldi a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition.

Contemporary reviews were favorable. A 1962 Billboard feature noted that Guaraldi and his trio presented the Black Orpheus themes with "sensitivity and style," and singled out "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" for its distinctiveness.

Cashbox also praised the trio's interpretation of the film score, describing the music as having "exceptional merit" and noting the trio's rhythmic vitality. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUtQSeaAmmg&list=OLAK5uy_kHFXUO8ruSPILudwIjM07qOfUsBeY1LLA

#VinceGuaraldi #BlackOrpheus #JazzPianoTrio #Jazz #Music