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Elliot Galvin Trio: Dreamland

by Roger Farbey
September 5, 2015

From the jokey toy piano start of “Ism" to the aborted boogie woogie of “Blues" where Galvin introduces a reflective change of mood, introducing a luxuriant chord-rich theme, it's patently obvious that this is no ordinary piano trio album. The pastoral “A Major" for example, one of the less frenetic tracks, nonetheless contains its own intriguing meanderings. This contrasts sharply with the succeeding, feistier “J.J." which is propelled by an insistent bass and drum-led rhythm. The sparse ...