MUSIC REVIEW BY Geoffrey Himes, Sonic Boomers
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Hal Galper joins John Coltrane's final rhythm section (bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Rashied Ali) for a jazz piano trio concert that never loses its pell-mell tumbling momentum even as it stretches the harmonies of tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Galper himself into shapes the composers never dreamed of.
Hal Galper joins John Coltrane's final rhythm section (bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Rashied Ali) for a jazz piano trio concert that never loses its pell-mell tumbling momentum even as it stretches the harmonies of tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Galper himself into shapes the composers never dreamed of.
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