Jazz Articles about The Garth Alper Trio

The Garth Alper Trio: Deflection

by Edward Blanco
June 14, 2013

The third album from The Garth Alper Trio, Deflection delivers a selection of eleven original and mostly soft-textured compositions fitting quite nicely in a colorful landscape of modern light jazz. Pianist and educator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Dr. Garth Alper anchors a well-read traditional piano trio consisting of fellow educators Dr. Bob Nash on bass and Troy Breaux, Director of Percussion Studies at UL, on drums. Together for some time, the academicians know each other well and ...