Artist.......: The Roger Kellaway Trio
Album........: Heroes
Label........: Ipo
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: 1010
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-05-2007
str.date.....: Sept-12-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.rogerkellaway.com
track title time
01. Killer Joe 06:24
02. Cotton Tail 08:33
03. I Was Doing All Right 05:48
04. Nuages 05:08
05. Night Train 08:40
06. I'm Smiling Again 03:38
07. Midnight Sun 00:38
08. Moten Swing 05:42
09. 52 Street Theme 05:19
10. Track 10 00:19
11. Hymn to Freedom 08:28
Runtime 58:37 min
Size 75,4 MB
Release Notes:
With his series of Bobby Darin tributes behind him,
Roger Kellaway turned his attention to the
inspiration for his 21st century trio ù Oscar
Peterson's piano/guitar/bass trios of the 1950s.
The King Cole Trio may have been a model, too, but
above all, it is Peterson's trios that mostly hover
over this collection, right down to the song
selection, all but two of which were performed by
Peterson. That said, let it be known that this trio
doesn't really operate like any other trios of this
sort that you may have heard. As always, Kellaway
loves to throw unpredictable curves into his
improvisations, drawing upon the entire history of
jazz piano, classical avant-garde ideas, and his
own quirky personality. Guitarist Bruce Forman and
bassist Brad Lutz don't seem the least bit fazed,
as they are more than willing to weave along with
the pianist in passages of weird contrapuntal
interplay. When at certain unpredictable moments
Kellaway starts taking "Killer Joe" apart, Forman
and Lutz thrum away at the vamp, unperturbed. Both
Kellaway and Forman are the solo stars of "Cotton
Tail," which either appropriately swings its
frickin' tail off or evolves into a delicious,
seemingly pulseless, tangled texture. There is a
startling moment when "Night Train" suddenly revs
up into double-time near the close, provoking
amazed laughter from someone on the session.
Kellaway's sole composition, "I'm Smiling Again,"
finds Lutz playing most of the head and trading
solos equally with the pianist ù which reminds us
that Kellaway got his start in music on both bass
and piano. The biggest technical challenge of the
CD is Monk's "52nd Street Theme" a Peterson
showpiece that Kellaway nevertheless takes in an
irrepressibly different direction within this
format. Tradition may rule here, but these
virtuosos can't help but have fun with it.