www.criticaljazz.com Cover art that quickly dispels the tired myth of judging a book by it’s cover, Spike Wilner presents an incredibly intimate and somewhat emotionally charged recording that breaks down the classic piano trio in the most organic of forms. There is a special musical happy place this trio works from with one foot stuck in a more traditional past and the other foot moving for ...Read More

www.allaboutjazz.com 3 To Go Spike Wilner | Posi-Tone Records (2009) By George Kanzler At a small jazz festival a few years ago the advertised theme was a celebration of Duke Ellington’s music. But some featured acts, including one highly regarded younger pianist, obviously hadn’t taken the theme very seriously, his only begrudging nod to it being a rendition of the jam session standb ...Read More

by George Kanzler At a small jazz festival a few years ago the advertised theme was a celebration of Duke Ellington’s music. But some featured acts, including one highly regarded younger pianist, obviously hadn’t taken the theme very seriously, his only begrudging nod to it being a rendition of the jam session standby, “C-Jam Blues,” hardly a tune representative of Ellingto ...Read More

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