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Pianoism
by Patrick Burnette
A great big heapin' helping of a certain blind pianist's work provides the anchor for this time's outing, as we look at one disc from six of a new box set and then fan out to look at a little known second-hand disciple of the great man along with two other stylists further removed. Pop matters ...
Diana Krall & Marty Elkins
by Joe Dimino
The 707th Episode of Neon Jazz is heavy on vocalists and starts with New York singer Marty Elkins and bassist Mike Richmond with a cut from their latest album 'Tis Autumn. We also hear the vocals of Staci Griesbach, Diana Krall and Vanessa Tagliabue-Yorke. From there, we dig into new music from Mariel Bildsten, Julian Lage ...
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Billy Lester
Pianist Billy Lester is a late-bloomer on that reticent branch of the jazz tree, the school of Lennie Tristano.
An instinctively lyrical yet unfettered improviser who creates original compositions from variations on classic American songs' chord changes, Lester -- like his mentor Sal Mosca, one of Tristano's most acclaimed students -- has developed his art almost in private. A youthful prodigy who was playing by age four, the soft-spoken, self-questioning Lester has taught piano for decades in his hometown of Yonkers just beyond New York City's limits, and devotes himself to family life. But with children now grown, at age 52 he's felt the yen to gig, and finds the public stage surprisingly rewarding.
Italy 2016
By Billy Lester
Label: Ultra Sound Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: An Evening With Friends; Yeah Man!; To Julia; Pop Pop Train; Consolidation; Omens.
The Billy Lester Trio: Italy 2016
by Dan McClenaghan
Piano trios jazz can charm or seduce, and occasionally mesmerize. In modern times, they can also rock the house, but they seldom jump out of the speakers at you with joy. The Billy Lester Trio, Italy 2016, does just that. The initial impression of pianist Lester's influences--as the opener “An Evening With Friends" plays--is Bud Powell. ...
Unabridged
By Billy Lester
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Overture: Passionate Musings;
Jamba Swing;
One After Another;
Blues for Charlie Christian;
Spree-Ing;
Songbook Harmony;
Self-Encounters;
Finale-3:43- Reprise.
Visceral
By Billy Lester
Label: Coppens Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: G Minor Jazz; You Go To My Head; Out of Nowhere; Too Marvelous For Words; Everything Happens To Me; Just Friends.
Billy Lester: Visceral
by Francis Lo Kee
On this set of five standards and one original, pianist Billy Lester displays a strong original approach to jazz improvisation. He also leads a flexible, yet muscular trio, that moves along with him with telepathic skill. Lester has a wide range of approaches: single-note right-hand lines, dissonant block chords, left-hand bass runs that ...
Four into Four
By Billy Lester
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Person-L (9:55)
2. Grasshopper's Holiday (11:05)
3. G-Minor Jazz (8:02)
4. Oso Furioso (7:26)
5. Skip's Bounce (8:39)
Billy Lester: Four into Four
by Elliott Simon
Four into Four, recorded live at NYC’s Roulette, with its sense of swing and tight rhythms, gives the impression that the Billy Lester Quartet can see for miles, but then those who stand on the shoulders of giants can. Pianist Lester is a self-admitted anachronism who during the ‘50s and ‘60s, while piano jazz evolved modally ...
