Well, I hope the title of this album turns out to be accurate and life gets back to a degree of normality. However, although I've got my fingers crossed and sent a prayer to him down there, time alone will tell.
Should the unthinkable happen and we're once more sentenced to a life of lockdowns, quarantines, self-isolation and all the rest then, at least, this album will provide some comfort. In fact, even if everything was hunky dory listening to the Dave Miller Trio would make it even hunkier and dorier.
The pianist from Long Island - dig his Long Island sound - swings in the grand tradition of Peterson, Jamal, Shearing and many of the grandmasters before and after on a choice selection of standards plus pieces by Parker, Evans, Powell, and Brubeck. Higgins and Belasco provide the perfect support with Higgins' bass solos adding that extra dimension and, proving along the way that bass solos don't need to be boring.
Last night I was listening to Tommy Flanagan's great album, In His Own Sweet Time and it crossed my mind that no piano album was going to get within a country mile of it this year and maybe any other year.
Dave Miller gets well within that country mile. How close and at which side is for the listener to decide. As for me, I'm sitting on the fence, I wouldn't want to be without either. Lance
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