Jazz Articles

Paul Tobey: Wayward

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1999

Paul Tobey is that rare pianist who doesn't play so much as plot -- as a composer might. Well he should since seven of the eight tunes on the young Canadian's debut, Wayward, are his own. And they're well worth hearing. He is a masterfully musical player and a fascinating composer whose musical patterns - written and improvised - are fully fleshed points of logic that take story-like form.Obviously schooled in the classics, Tobey's swinging nature comes from ...