Word: trios
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard
...constant comparison of this trio with the Bill Evans trio by critics has been a thorn in my side," frets the young jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, in quite possibly one of the most erudite and sincerely self-promotional set of liner notes in recent memory. The biographical hearsay and pseudo-legend that has plagued Mehldau throughout the years is certainly not the worse of fates, but let's give him a break... this is a man on a mission...
...latest, live album Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard, Mehldau wages his battle against jazz sophistry, playing everyone from Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein III ("All The Things You Are") to Radiohead ("Exit Music (For A Film)", the perfect Harvard-Yard-on-a-rainy-day ballad) to Miles Davis as well as many of his own originals. Not surprisingly, on this more rockin' than swingin' installment of the piano/bass/drum combination, not so much more than a few prickles of the late Evans can be felt. But so can a bit of the Well-Tempered counterpoint...
With so much production from the top line, thequiet performances of a trio of sophomores seemslost in the mix. But Angie Francisco, KiirstenSuurkask and Tara Dunn combined for 110 points andprovided more than enough offensive depth on thesecond and third lines...
...them, the team headed to West Point, N.Y. in the beginning of March for Easterns. In its best finish in Crimson history, they returned home boasting third place overall and nine top-six finishes. A second place finish by Soltis and individual titles by DeNunzio and Killar earned the trio a trip to NCAA Championships. Penn again commanded the tournament, followed by Cornell...