{"id":10264,"date":"2018-09-13T22:48:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T05:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=10264"},"modified":"2018-09-13T22:50:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T05:50:16","slug":"recent-listening-reuel-lubag-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/09\/recent-listening-reuel-lubag-trio\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Listening: Reuel Lubag Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Northwest is home to a dozens of superior jazz musicians. By no means are all of them of them in Seattle and Portland, the attention-getting large cities of western Washington and Oregon. Dozens manage to find work playing in Spokane, Eugene, Bend, Yakima\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand increasingly in the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s burgeoning winery tasting rooms and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lubag-and-Acox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10265 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lubag-and-Acox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lubag-and-Acox.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lubag-and-Acox-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pianist Reuel Lubag is a music educator who has taught at Seattle Pacific University and Skagit Valley College. He is a consultant to music programs at his alma mater, Central Washington University, the University of Idaho and Washington State University. Above we see him with drummer Clarence Acox co-leader of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Lubag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.cdbaby.com\/cd\/reuellubagtrio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premiere<\/a><\/em> on fellow pianist Mike Longo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CAP label presents him and his trio in several of his compositions including tributes to pianists Monty Alexander and Cedar Walton, and the classics \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Deed I Do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Nearness Of You.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This video of a piece from the album finds Lubag and his trio in a modal feature with plenty of opportunity for a workout by drummer Ed Littlefield under Lubag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vamps. The trio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bassist is Ben Feldman. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to boost your speaker volume for this performance of Lubag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dance.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceV5soIi1Wo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other highlights from the CD include \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Luco Luco,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a Latinate descendant of Bud Powell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Un Poco Loco,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Lubag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interpretation of Edith McNeill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spiritual \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Steadfast Love Of The Lord,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which Lubag has outfitted with irresistible modern gospel harmonies. The album has variety, and an atmosphere of cheerfulness regardless of tempo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Northwest is home to a dozens of superior jazz musicians. By no means are all of them of them in Seattle and Portland, the attention-getting large cities of western Washington and Oregon. Dozens manage to find work playing in Spokane, Eugene, Bend, Yakima\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand increasingly in the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s burgeoning winery tasting rooms and restaurants. 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