{"id":9519,"date":"2018-05-07T21:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2018-05-07T21:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:24:45","slug":"monday-recommendation-todd-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/05\/monday-recommendation-todd-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Todd Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Strait, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.cdbaby.com\/cd\/toddstrait\"><em>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Be Some Changes Made<\/em><\/a> (Todd Strait)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strait-larger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strait-larger.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strait-larger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strait-larger-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strait-larger-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>Drummer Todd Strait has spent significant stretches of his career in New York and Portland and freelanced with a cross-section of world-class musicians. Having toured extensively, Strait is back in his Kansas City home territory. His first album as a leader demonstrates not only the flexibility and power of his drumming, but also the connections he has established over the years. The veteran pianist Bill Mays worked hand in glove with Strait on impressive arrangements of pieces by composers that include Beethoven (&#8220;F\u00c3\u00bcr Elise&#8221;), Thad Jones (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kids Are Pretty People\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) and Wayne Shorter (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Infant Eyes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). Strait sings \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Old Folks\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in memory of his father. Mays, bassist Bob Bowman and guitarist Danny Embrey are a superb rhythm section. There are bonus contributions from guest pianist Laura Caviani and\u00e2\u20ac\u201dvia a charming tape recording\u00e2\u20ac\u201dStrait\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daughter Naomi singing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What A Wonderful World\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when she was 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Strait, There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Be Some Changes Made (Todd Strait) Drummer Todd Strait has spent significant stretches of his career in New York and Portland and freelanced with a cross-section of world-class musicians. Having toured extensively, Strait is back in his Kansas City home territory. His first album as a leader demonstrates not only the flexibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9519","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=9519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}