![]() ‘The Peacocks’ is a wonderful ballad written by Jimmy Rowles that here is played as a duet between pianist Tony Tixier and Raynald Colom on trumpet. The rhythm section on this number is very good when the trumpet drops out and exemplary in their support when Colom picks up the melody further into the track. This is followed by the Benny Golson standard ‘Stablemates’.Colom has given a nod to the jazz tradition but managed to make this very well-known tune sound fresh without losing sight of the original. The trumpet of Raynald Colom carries on the theme until they are joined by Tony Tixier on piano and drummer Francesco Ciniglio at which point the dynamics change and tune fills out – to very good effect. The playing is sparse, with deliberately placed notes that are given plenty of space in which to sound. ‘Sketches Set Seven’ by Chicagoan composer Eduard Bland is the first of six covers on this album and opens with Joe Sanders on double bass. I enjoyed this track and should have liked to have been a fly on wall listening in to the verbal interpretation of its musical counterpart. The conversation comes across as quite animated at times, with some very enjoyable drum patterns being played over and around the voices of piano and trumpet. Stylistically, this track opens in a similar way to the opening number in that it starts slowly and grows, much as a conversation would. ‘When Logan meets Miro’ is a fun portrayal of an imaginary conversation between Colom’s friend and fellow musician, Logan Richardson and Catalan artist Joan Miró. ![]()
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