A most enjoyable album by three fine musicians, plus guests, that doesn't insult your intelligence or have you searching for something that isn't there.
A well tempered mix of pop standards and originals that are tastefully tailored to suit the trio's strengths (if they have any weaknesses I've yet to find them - chances are I never will.)
Kate Lamont respects Phoebe Snow's enigmatic Poetry Man with a sensitive version. Less in your face than the original - there's room for both. Nice tenor solo by Sheppard and haunting percussion from Kilgore.
Pasqua, Colley and Erskine remind us what a beautiful tune Brian Wilson's immortal God Only Knows is and Parqua gives Jarrett's Bop Be - book-ended by Pasqua's Gumbo Time and Erskine's On the Lake - a six and a half minute work out.
Chillipso brings to mind cool Caribbean Cuba Libres. Erskine's drums provide the crackle as the drink meets the ice in a tall glass - "Set 'em up Joe".
What do Jimmy Webb, Glen Campbell and Alan Pasqua have in common?
Answer: Witchita Lineman. Webb composed it, Campbell paid off his mortgage with it and Pasqua adds the jazzy touch the others missed.
Sheppard returns for Pasqua's Leaving L.A. It's a two minute swinger. I'd have liked more.
Contemplation. The title is self-explanatory. Colley solos, respecting the intent of the composer (Pasqua). Pasqua is very much in Bill Evans' mode
Erskine earned his keep with David's Blues. and Pasqua brought a near perfect example of a 2026 piano trio album to a close with Dear Chick (Corea?) Lance
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