Brandon Goldberg was 15 when he recorded this, his second album, just under a year ago. He also arranged most of the tunes as well as composing some originals. What an amazing talent. Not only does he swing like a hardened pro but his sensitivity on a ballad whether soloing or accompanying has to be heard to be believed. His unaccompanied rendition of Someone to Watch Over me is up there with the gods. Tatum, Peterson, Garner and co may be long gone but there is no shortage of would be successors and Goldberg is surely high among them.
The album is made all the more significant for two very different reasons inasmuch as it introduces us to an exciting new talent and, poignantly, says farewell to a long established talent. Drummer Ralph Peterson died this year and this is possibly his final recording.
Goldberg, Peterson and Curtis have a trio workout on Monk's Dream that is quite amazing. Hard to imagine that one so young shows so much maturity in his playing and that the other, still in his prime at 58, would be gone in less than four months time
Of course, there's more to the album than Goldberg and Peterson. The two horns keep the pot boiling with some paintstripping blasts with Dillard going for the jugular and Evans alternating between Miles and, say, Freddie Hubbard.
Well worth checking out if you're thinking of giving up your piano lessons - the benchmark is set - you know what you're aiming for!
Available as of today (Sept. 17)
Check out this preview video. Lance
Authority; Circles; Time; Nefertiti; Monk's Dream; Stella by Starlight; El Procrastinador; Someone to Watch Over me; Ninety-six; Send in the Clowns.
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