Jacky Terrasson: Push | CD review

(Concord Jazz)Paris-raised pianist Jacky Terrasson has made a few flashy albums since he won the Thelonious Monk Piano Competition in his adopted New York in 1993. But this set feels warmer, more musical and more mindful of its materials than previous outings, as well as emitting bursts of headlong energy that make you whoop. An assertive young rhythm section is joined by guests including harmonica player Grégoire Maret and the Joe Lovano-like saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, and the repertoi...

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