Paul Rushka

Lara Driscoll: Woven Dreams

by Jordan Penney
May 28, 2020

Woven Dreams is the debut album of pianist and Illinois-based university instructor, Lara Driscoll. The disc's uncluttered piano, bass and drums format encourages the clarity and luminosity of her compositions to shine forth, and they do. The format also draws attention to the richness of the group's internal dynamics. The influence of Bill Evans is felt strongly in Driscoll's style. It is evident, first, in her lyrical and measured playing which, like that of Evans, exhibits poise in ...