{"id":8669,"date":"2017-09-25T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2017-09-27T21:30:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T04:30:48","slug":"monday-recommendation-bill-charlap-trio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2017\/09\/monday-recommendation-bill-charlap-trio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Bill Charlap Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bill Charlap Tri<\/strong>o, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2yFCi2D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Uptown Downtown<\/em><\/a> (Impulse)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/71BxykR08iL._SX522_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/>Pianist Charlap\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trio dazzles the listener from beginning to end of this album. He, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington do not bowl us over with flurries of technique, speed and high volume. They do it with musicianship, subtlety and the cohesiveness that has intensified during their two decades as one of the most compelling of all jazz piano trios. A few of the large and small delights:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The musicians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 uncanny togetherness on Gigi Gryce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tricky \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Satellite.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The suggestion of a taxi horn at the conclusion of a compelling version of Stephen Sondheim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s title tune.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The softness of Charlap\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s keyboard touch underlaid by Peter W\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s counterpoised bass line and Kenny W\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nearly subliminal brushes in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Spring Can Really Hang You &#8221;\u00a0 Up The Most.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Charlap\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfect Ellington right-hand flurries that open \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sophisticated Lady.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The trio sliding into the melody of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A Small Hotel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finest albums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Charlap Trio, Uptown Downtown (Impulse) Pianist Charlap\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trio dazzles the listener from beginning to end of this album. He, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington do not bowl us over with flurries of technique, speed and high volume. They do it with musicianship, subtlety and the cohesiveness that has intensified during their two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recommendations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}