Steve Kuhn's Portland festival edition of his trio teamed the pianist with his longtime collaborator Joey Baron on drums and Buster Williams playing bass. The flow of Kuhn’s melodic lines, the density of his harmonies and his assured swing established him long since as one of the major trio … [Read more...]
Archives for February 26, 2013
A Jazz Festival Moment: Steve Kuhn On Bill Evans
In a Portland festival conversation at the Art Bar, interviewer Tim DuRoche questioned pianist Steve Kuhn (pictured ca 1960) about first hearing Bill Evans. “Did it rattle you a little bit?†DuRoche asked. It did, because we were sort of on parallel paths. I heard him for the first time … [Read more...]