Starting with a vintage side by
Lennie Tristano and ending by way of a '90s performance from
Bill Mays, Laserlight's final Jazz Piano Anthology disc spotlights some of the key players who changed jazz piano during the course of the hard bop, free jazz, and neo-classical eras. The
Tristano piece aside, the ten-track set features work cut mostly in the '60s, '70s, and '80s with various trios, including highlights like
Paul Bley's cover of
Ornette Coleman's "When Will the Blues Leave,"
Chick Corea's "Waltz for Bill Evans," and
McCoy Tyner's "Rotunda." Swinging and provocative. ~ Stephen Cook