Jazz Articles about Paul Rinzler

Paul Rinzler Trio: Active Listening

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2000

With detailed liner notes that explain his trio’s collective approach to each piece, Paul Rinzler describes which elements are improvised and which are composed. A straight-ahead jazz session, the trio’s program affords the listener an appreciation of how this sort of creation works in practice. The pianist and bassist may play a simple melody in unison once through to set the mood. Or the trio may have chord progressions laid out beforehand. Then, they improvise collectively by listening to each ...