Pianist Neil Cowley Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

So how does a piano trio ensure that it has something new to say--and a new way of saying it? How does it stand out from the host of similar line-ups? What's the secret? The Neil Cowley Trio appears to have worked it out. The UK-based group has a genuinely distinctive sound and some of the most original tunes on the contemporary jazz scene. Pianist and composer Neil Cowley was happy to discuss the band in a phone interview from his home in the county of Surrey, in south-east England, shortly before the release of the Trio's third album, Radio Silence (Naim Jazz, 2010).

AAJ Contributor Bruce Lindsay spoke with Cowley recently, about the unlikely genesis of Neil Cowley Trio, recording the trio's new album, and being an outside on the British jazz scene in his in-depth interview, Neil Cowley: A Rock and Roll Take on Jazz published today at AAJ.

For additional coverage, check out Bruce's insightful review of Radio Silence, also published today at AAJ.

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