Artist: John Law

Date of Release: 01/03/2006

Catalogue no: ASC CD81

Label: ASC

Price: £12

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Track Listing

Appearances by

, Julian Siegel

John Law (piano) Julian Siegel (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) Alec Dankworth (double bass) Dave Wickins (drums, percussion)

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A CD-R AND NOT FROM A GLASS MASTER!. I have never had any issues with the quality of this CD or any problems with it not playing. It's just like a normal CD.

Reviews

24/03/2006 John Fordham  Guardian

John Law is a hidden treasure of the UK jazz scene. Alfred Brendel once went so far as to commend this "highly gifted maverick".
Here, Law's trio is joined by saxophonist Julian Siegel on a repertoire of Thelonious Monk pieces and standards, and a nod to another "gifted maverick" - Ahmad Jamal. Law plays Straight No Chaser as a stream of long, coolly swinging lines and stabbed accents, and throws provocative countermelodies and punchy chords at a full-on Siegel in the later stages of the Jamal vehicle Poinciana. This is the kind of retro-jazz that gives the genre a good name.

01/05/0006 John Fordham   Jazz UK

"One of the 2006 CD's of the year!"

British piano virtuoso John Law, plus the versatile Julian Siegel, steaming through a programme of Thelonious Monk pieces, jazz standards and a hint of Ahmad Jamal. Law is a wonderful pianist who reappraises the jazz tradition from the widest contemporary-music angles without feeling compelled to incorporate electronica or street-licks. He's also a formidable improviser with a pianistic resourcefulness that could be compared to Jarrett without exaggeration - the account of Straight No Chaser here bears comparison with anyone's, and Law crisply complements Siegel on a startling account of the Jamal vehicle Poinciana. Monk's Jackieing is also a standout for Alec Dankworth's bass lines.

One of the 2006 CD's of the year!