Anchor Points

This New York collective performs a set of three originals and five covers as both a classic piano - guitar - bass trio (Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole) and as a quartet with drums. George Harris wrote on Jazz Weekly, "[In a drummerless trio, guitarist Alex] Levine and [bassist Sam] Weber get into a delicate mood on I'll Get By, with the latter stretch out a bit, and for the former to give an aria on a fragrant Two Sleepy People. [In a quartet, drummer Jay] Sawyer's brushes assuage the simmering Anchor Points, with his sticks swinging to Levine's Kenny Burrell-influenced solos as on the nifty Feint and relaxed Vivo Sonhando... Subtle sophistication."