Derwyn Holder

Derwyn Holder / Sue Terry / Ron Naspo: Time Being

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1999

All of the compositions on Time Being are by pianist Derwyn Holder, and the album is most appropriately named, as he uses time and space like a master architect within an always compelling musical framework. Holder approaches Jazz from a classical perspective, as do Terry and Naspo, and their collaboration has produced a session of understated “chamber Jazz” that is as ingenious as it is ingratiating. Holder keeps the listener off–balance by never quite taking a melody where one expects ...