Criss Cross Jazz 1296 CD

Peter Beets Trio

New Groove

Peter Beets' fourth Criss Cross release features the pianist at the helm of a piano, guitar and bass trio.

This novel configuration produces a rhythmically diverse take on American Popular Songbook favorites, jazz standards, and Beets' original compositions. The disc's eleven tracks encompass relaxed pre-bop swing, modern up-tempo excursions, and sensitive balladry.

Bassists Reuben Rogers and Ruud Jacobs, and guitarists Joe Cohn and Martijn van Iterson, excel as accompanists and soloists.

Beets consistently plays on a level that earns him a place in the upper echelon of young pianists.

1. You Are My Everything (Harry Warren) *
2. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern / Jimmy Mercer)
3. Blues For Giltay (Peter Beets)
4. In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)
5. They Say It's Wonderful (Irving Berlin) *
6. Nuages (Django Reinhardt) *
7. Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby)
8. Easy Listening Blues (Nat King Cole)
9. Parker 51 (Stan Getz) *
10. But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen)
11. Tricotism (Oscar Pettiford)

Total Time: 63:27
Recorded April 10, 2007 in Brooklyn, NY, USA by Max Bolleman
Recorded July 4, 2007 in Monster, The Netherlands by Max Bolleman *

Peter Beets (P)
Joe Cohn (G)
Reuben Rogers (B)
Martijn van Iterson (G) *
Ruud Jacobs (B) *