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Jesse Elder Quintet: Jesse Elder Quintet
by Mark Sabbatini
At every college there are some students in the library and some at the frat parties. The bookworms may not be as popular or fun, but smart money says they'll be the ones achieving respectability in ten years.
New York pianist Jesse Elder brings much of that academic mentality to his 2005 quintet debut, guiding originals in the spirit of an Art Tatum or Mulgrew Miller at a time when many of his peers are blasting out experiments ...
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