Invitation To A Concert Invitation To A Concert,The Hal Galper Trio ................ Concord Jazz, CCD 4455
W/ Steve Ellington - Drm., Todd Coolman - Bs.
March, 1993
1. The Lamp Is Low
2. It Never Was You
3. Bright Moments
4. Hey There
5. What's New
6. Summer Night
7. I'll Remember April
8. Balcony Rock
Jazz Is
.... Hal Galper, an accompanist for 35 years with an array leaders like Chet Baker, Joe Williams, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, and Phil Woods, is coming to the trio with what might be be the ideal state of mind: he felt he had to. Having most recently spent a decade with one of the most simpatico groups in jazz- Woods quintet- he appreciates the intangible plusses that ensemble longevity can bring. For a year and a half he has led his own trio of Todd Coolman on bass and Steve Ellington on drums, and as Invitation To A Concert... makes clear, the three have developed an understanding that makes them sound like they have been together far longer. " I wanted control over the music and I wanted to follow my inclination, whatever it was, in terms of how I felt the music should be set up. I just wanted to play the way I wanted to play. It wasnt an intellectual decision; it was an intuitive, emotional decision ." Having played in the bebop, fusion, swing, and free jazz veins through the years, Galper has a very good idea of what he wants to produce. If you're looking for richly lyrical playing with some unexpected twists, you'll love his interpretation of mostly standards on Invitation To A Concert. " I've gone into every kind of music imaginable throughout my career and, in the trio, I'm now finding outlets for all my electricism...I don't care about originality or leading the music on a new pathway or any of those ideals. They're not part of my intellectual icon. I just want to play pretty and swing like crazy and play the way I feel, whatever that is. I want to be myself and be as honest as I can".
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