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) *