Mark Stryker Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) John Campbell is a hugely underrated pianist and he plays his ass off on Vol. 29, including a supersonic, swinging, bracingly melodic and rhythmically flexible bebop romp through "Just Friends" that opens the concert in which he oscillates between C and G-flat every half chorus. "Emily" is the other standout track, which alternatives between 3 and 4 and also has more key change twists. Both ideas descend from Bill Evans but it's way past imitation here. Full disclosure: He's a friend, but this is the kind of playing that should make better-known pianists nervous. I don't think the records he's made, with the exception of this one, capture the excitement he can generate live. http://www.amazon.com/Live-Maybeck-Recital...976&sr=1-11 Edited January 15, 2008 by Mark Stryker Quote
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