Artist: Gene DiNovi
Album: Live At The Montreal Bistro, Toronto
Genre: Bop
Label: Candid
Released: 1993
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
- Introduction By Ted O'Reilly 00:31
- T.N.T. 05:14
- Happy Harvest 05:20
- The Things We Did Last Summer / Indian Summer 06:09
- Terry's Little Tune 05:10
- Nieves 09:22
- A Tune For Mac 08:42
- A.B.'s Blues 03:47
- It Happened In Monterey 04:45
- You Better Go Now 03:41
- Coffee Time 04:39
- Tiny's Blues 07:06
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- Personnel:
- Bass – Dave Young
- Drums – Terry Clarke
- Piano – Gene DiNovi
Pianist Gene DiNovi, who was just old enough to be part of the bebop era, mostly worked with singers after the mid-1950s until 30 years later when he began re-emerging on an occasional basis in jazz again. This 1993 recording finds DiNovi (at 63) still in prime form and playing a similar boppish style as he had in the early 1950s. Teamed with bassist Dave Young and drummer Terry Clarke, DiNovi (who dedicated the album to the late drummer-composer Tiny Kahn) performs several swinging originals, two of Kahn's songs ("T.N.T." and "Tiny's Blues") and several standard ballads. It is a joy to hear a bebop veteran still in such top form many decades later. DiNovi's time off of the jazz scene led to him being quite enthusiastic when he returned, leading to this easily recommended CD.
Review by Scott Yanow