Ian Hodgson wrote in glowing terms about the trio when they
played a gig in, of all places, Wooler as part of the album launch tour. Read HERE.
Having read Ian's review and listened to the album I find
myself in total agreement with his assessment particularly when it comes to the
main work. Rhapsody in Blue has always been a strange composition
neither truly classical nor out and out jazz. A similar observation applies to
Aaron Copland's Hoedown for the Common Man.
It is to Kliphuis' credit that he makes a silk purse out of these, jazzwise, porcine appendages. As at the concert the CD includes several Gershwin songs (not Summertime!) and they are as near to perfection as is imaginable in this particular genre.
Listening to the album I couldn't help but think back to 2009 when Kliphuis played a gig at what was then the Saville Exchange in North Shields. On that memorable night he was accompanied by the local Keith Stephen's Trio. Read about it HERE.
Clark and Percy provide an authentic backing too and, bearing in mind, Kliphuis' re-imagining of Rhapsody in Blue it is an album well worth checking out. Lance
Rhapsody in Blue; The Man I Love; Someone to Watch Over me; I Loves You Porgy; It Ain't Necessarily so; Hoedown for the Common Man; Love is Here to Stay
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