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Gabriel Latchin Trio: I'll Be Home For Christmas

In 2020, when a respected musician decides to record a Christmas album, they invite perhaps the most basic question of all. Why? I love Christmas," answers pianist Gabriel Latchin. You kind of grow up and you know Christmas becomes less important, but I mean who doesn't like Christmas tunes?" One of the many changes brought forth by the widespread digitization of music is that a century's worth of Christmas songs are now available at ...
read moreGabriel Latchin Trio: The Moon And I

Following on from Gabriel Latchin's eponymous debut album Introducing Gabriel Latchin Trio (Alys Jazz, 2017), The Moon And I, recorded in London in February 2018, seeks to consolidate his position as a first rate straight ahead jazz pianist. Indeed his style is not dissimilar to George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, André Previn or Dudley Moore. As with his first album, this one is populated by standards but there are also some Latchin originals such as the breezy waltz time Brigi, My ...
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