George Cables - Im All Smiles '2019

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[6:28] 01. George Cables - Young At Heart
[6:16] 02. George Cables - Im All Smiles
[5:48] 03. George Cables - Speak No Evil
[7:51] 04. George Cables - Bésame Mucho
[6:00] 05. George Cables - Ugly Beauty
[7:19] 06. George Cables - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
[5:43] 07. George Cables - Celebration
[4:17] 08. George Cables - Three Views Of A Secret
[5:10] 09. George Cables - Thermo
[3:41] 10. George Cables - Monks Mood

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Trio album from George Cables, who has been the pianist of choice for
saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper; Pepper called him his favourite
pianist. Cables also recorded a lot with jazz stars Joe Henderson, Freddie
Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson and Frank Morgan.

On Im All Smiles, he is so fluent in the ways of the keyboard, song structure
and harmony, so aware of his available options at every second, the compositions
themselves seem as if they are being made up on the spot.

But not all of the trios decisions are made in the moment. As a structural
feature, he loves yoking together his left hand and Essiet Essiets bass, to give
the music an extra-fortified low end. They play in tight unison so often, those
doubled bass lines have become the trios signature. Fused piano and bass have
such a distinct colour, when they merge its almost like another instrument
making an appearance. The trio polishes its music to a high gloss, which is so
unassumingly good, you could miss just how good it is. It gives good taste a
good name.

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George Cables (piano)
Essiet Essiet (bass)
Victor Lewis (drums)

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