DENNY ZEITLIN TRIO: Live at the Trident [RE-UP]

DENNY ZEITLIN
Tenório Júnior tinha três grandes paixões: Bill Evans, Clare Fischer e Denny Zeitlin. Denny Zeitlin também era apaixonado por Bill Evans e a recíproca era verdadeira. E afinal quem é esse cara, esse segredo tão bem guardado, que até mesmo
a grande maioria de jazzófilos desconhece? As respostas estão na biografia e nos comentários adiante transcritos e, principalmente no CD que começa com uma faixa com sabor latino: o tema de Sonny Rollins, "St. Thomas".
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DENNY ZEITLIN
Denny Zeitlin is a jazz pianist born in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1938. He originally had classical piano training, but then switched to medicine. He studied medicine at both Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. In 1963 he moved to San Francisco to get involved in jazz piano and study psychiatry. He joined the Charlie Haden trio in 1965 and for this he is best known.

Critical Acclaim for Denny Zeitlin's Recordings and Performances:

BILL EVANS: [Downbeat Blindfold Test, listening to Jeremy Steig’s LP “Flute Fever,” featuring Denny Zeitlin]
“...the piano player is also great.”

THELONIOUS MONK: [Downbeat Blindfold Test, listening to Denny Zeitlin’s LP “Carnival”]
“Hey play that again…(later.) Yeah! He sounds like a piano player! (hums theme) …and he can play it; you know what’s happening with this one. Yeah, he was on a Bobby Timmons kick. He knows what’s happening.”

DOWNBEAT: “The Zeitlin trio…a stunning display of instrumental virtuosity, emotional depth, and musicality…Zeitlin’s piano is impeccable…introspective, filled with joy, bitingly mocking, always intelligent and emotional.”

NEW YORK TIMES, John S. Wilson: “…among the few contemporary jazz pianists who have the imagination, discipline, and technique to rise above the competent but routine level that most or them appear willing to settle for.”

NEWSWEEK: “What marks all of Zeitlin’s work and playing…is a sense of journey, but one complete with arrival as well as departure.”

LEONARD FEATHER, Editor of Encyclopedia of Jazz and syndicated newspaper columnist:
“(at the Monterey Jazz Festival) Denny Zeitlin topped his Newport triumph…pianist of the year…the most versatile young pianist to come to prominence in the early 1960’s.”

CUE: “The most inventive jazz pianist in at least two decades.”
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MINHA OPINIÃO: depois do que disseram Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk e Leonard Feather, só me resta contar que passei algumas semanas indo diáriamente à casa de Tenório Junior para ouvir com ele o primeiro LP de Denny Zeitlin que chegou às suas mãos. Tenorinho confessava abertamente que aquele álbum mudou muito sua maneira de tocar. Além da paixão por Bill Evans, Denny e Tenório tinham em comum o fato de serem médicos.

(*) Bill Evans gravou QUIET NOW nove vezes e manteve essa música em seu repertório permanente, por 15 anos. A respeito disso, Denny declarou: “The first recording of my best known original composition, thanks to Bill Evans recording it over 9 times and keeping it in his nightly repertoire for 15 years."
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DENNY ZEITLIN TRIO: Live at the Trident

PERSONNEL:
Denny Zeitlin – Piano
Charlie Haden – Bass
Jerry Granelli – Drums

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Introduction / St.Thomas [Sonny Rollins] (4:02)
2. Carole's Waltz [Denny Zeitlin] (5:43)
3. Spur of the Moment [Denny Zeitlin] (6:07)
4. Where Does It Lead? [Denny Zeitlin] (5:08)
5. Lonely Woman [Ornette Coleman] (6:39)
6. My Shining Hour [J.Mercer, H.Arlen] (2:26)
7. Quiet Now [Denny Zeitlin] (9:07)
8. At Sixes and Sevens [Denny Zeitlin] (5:35)
9. What is This Thing Called Love [Cole Porter] (7:30)