David Rees-Williams: Back from Before | CD review

(DePaean)Pianist David Rees-Williams often finds himself categorised as the British Jacques Loussier. Like the French pianist and composer, Rees-Williams is a skilful improviser who hears the jazz potential in baroque, classical and liturgical themes, and develops them as ballads and boppish swingers without riding roughshod over their souls. For this disc he has enriched his group sound by adding a Hammond organ and a vibraphone. Church music dominates, with classics by Bach, Pergolesi and Moza...

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