CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: New York Electric Piano - King Mystery (Buffalo Puppy, 2008)

by Dean ChristesenThe most interesting instrumentation in a contemporary jazz album of 2008 goes to New York Electric Piano. Originally a trio of Fender Rhodes, bass, and drums, the group's fourth record adds to it Leon Guenbaum's unique Samchillian keyboard, acoustic piano, saxophones and flutes, male and female vocals, and "soundscape." The same flame that heats the trio's first three releases engulfs King Mystery, which burns brighter with the added ensemble members.Pianist Pat Daugherty, bas...

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