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Perdido by Mike Jones

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Album Title: Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2023

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About the Album

Try pronouncing it with the hoity-toity inflections of a monocled upper-crust diner party guest, or the “dese and dose” Brooklyn patois of a 1940s comedian: "Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?" is the question that inevitably greeted Moe, Larry and Curly/Shemp when the Stooges showed up in the garb of plumbers or house painters or even [shudder] medical doctors. In the case of Jones' sparkling album, the inquiry is aimed at a piano trio, two-thirds of which at least can answer assuredly in the affirmative: Mike Jones is an accomplished and acclaimed straightahead pianist who studied at Berklee and plays with the fleet, soulful virtuosity of heroes like Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum; Jeff Hamilton, meanwhile, is one of the most revered drummers on the modern mainstream jazz scene, co-founder of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and collaborator with everyone from Monty Alexander to Diana Krall, Ray Brown to Michael Bublé. The head-scratcher comes when we look at the bass chair, held by someone who in another context could also answer with a resounding “yes” – Penn Jillette, along with his partner Teller, is perhaps the most famous, respected and irreverent magician of his generation.

Tracks

"S Wonderful; Doxy; What A Difference A Day Makes; The Girl From Ipanema; Watch What Happens; On Green Dolphin Street; You've Changed; Perdido; Medley: I'll Close My Eyes; Close Your Eyes; Gone With The Wind; Blues For Burns.

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Reviews

Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing? by Jack Bowers
Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing? by Pierre Giroux

Date featured

August 27, 2023

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