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Willie Myette Trio

Willie Myette Trio: This is Jazz

by AAJ Staff
January 21, 2003

Especially in this world of fragmented formats such as the abominable “smooth jazz," Berklee-trained performer and instructor Willie Myette has chosen an ambitious and even hubric title for his debut album. Though he may not cover all the Basies, and though he may occassionally seem as if his sense of “Jazz" as an entire genre disappeared ...

...This Is Jazz

By Willie Myette Trio

Label: JazzKids Records
Released: 1999
Track listing:

If I Should Lose You; Blame It on My Youth; Autumn Leaves; Ella

Willie Myette Trio: ...This Is Jazz

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 1999

While the title of this new release is accurate enough in its way, Rhode Island–based pianist Willie Myette is far too self–effacing. He could have more properly called it . . .This Is Jazz (The Way It Was Meant to Be Played by a Trio). Comparisons? Well, even though Myette doesn’t sound much like Ahmad Jamal, ...