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Leslie Pintchik: So Glad to Be Here

Read "So Glad to Be Here" reviewed by Virginia A. Schaefer


Pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik has played clubs in New York for several years, and it shows in the natural approach that predominates on this her first release. She gives plenty of space to skillful bassist Scott Hardy, who's also her husband, and to drummer Satoshi Takeishi, whose style is imaginative yet unobtrusive. The three players ...

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Leslie Pintchik: So Glad to Be Here

Read "So Glad to Be Here" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


It's happened to a lot of us, getting hit really hard by the music of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Most of us, though, don't--after taking the hit--give up the beginnings of a promising career in academia to pursue jazz full bore; but that's what pianist Leslie Pintchik did, and So Glad to Be Here is ...

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Leslie Pintchik: So Glad to Be Here

Read "So Glad to Be Here" reviewed by John Kelman


Joining the ranks of the heavily-populated piano trio format is a risky proposition, especially within the mainstream because there are, quite simply, so many players out there mining the same space that unless one has something new to say or a radically new approach, one runs the very real risk of becoming just another one of ...

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Poise

Label: Ambient Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.Hook, Line And Sinker 2.Hugging The Edges 3.A Carol For You 4.Wise Guise 5.Short Ballad 6.Tropical Depression 7.Gratitude In The Minor 8.A Blues For Donald 9.Nobody

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Sean Smith: Poise

Read "Poise" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Bassist/composer, Sean Smith has been the accompanist of choice for vocalists, Mark Murphy, Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee while also performing with saxophonist, Lee Konitz, and a host of others. However, Smith also shines as a thoughtful bandleader and composer, evidenced here on his second group led recording. On this release, pianist, Bill Charlap, and guitarist, ...


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