Pear

Pear: extemp’ore

by Mark Corroto
June 17, 2011

The improvising duo of Pear--keyboardist Nick Pierone and percussionist Rick Milne-- plays a fanciful game of six degrees of separation on extemp'ore. The opening “Dewey Miles" is a piece of cake, with the sampled voice of Miles Davis whispering “play what you hear" to some Betty, or maybe Jean-Pierre in the backseat. Pierone's piano dances and flirts with the words, as the duo conjures Davis' 1980 comeback. With guest Jennifer Leitham attending to the heavy bass, there's the ...