BILL CHARLAP - Along With Me (1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This CD has the recording debut as a leader of pianist Bill Charlap. Already a member of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Charlap would soon join the Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet. A master at swinging veteran standards and casting new light on warhorses, even at this early stage Charlap sounded quite impressive. He is heard in duets with bassist Sean Smith, a trio with bassist Andy Eulau and drummer Ron Vincent, and unaccompanied on "Lonely Town" and "I'll Be Around." Charlap is particularly effective on ballads. The fine recital (which is highlighted by his rendition of his father Moose Charlap's "I Was Telling Her About You," "Gone With the Wind," and an interesting reworking of "Donna Lee") concludes with a nine-minute "Jazzspeak" during which Charlap gives his lifetime story up to 1993. Recommended. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     On Green Dolphin Street 4'53
Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington
2     Along With Me 6'02
Harold Rome
3     I Was Telling Her About You 4'45
Bill Charlap / Don George
4     Has This Song Been Written for You Before? 9'07
Sean Smith
5     Early to Bed 7'22
Richard Rodney Bennett
6     Lonely Town 6'07
Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden / Adolph Green
7     Gone With the Wind 9'39
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel
8     I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You 7'05
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
9     Donna Lee 3'23
Charlie Parker
10     I'll Be Around 5'24
Alec Wilder
11     Jazzspeak 9'21
Credits :    
Bass – Andy Eulau (pistas: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 11), Sean Smith (pistas: 4, 7, 8)
Drums – Ron Vincent (pistas: 1 to 3, 5, 9)
Piano – Bill Charlap