Joined by an assortment of New York's finest, 29-year-old star guitarist Jesse Van Ruller, Holland's first Thelonious Monk Competition Award-winner, emphatically stamps his voice on a meaty program of jazz originals, less-traveled songbook gems, and an original blues.
On piano the great David Hazeltine, with bassists Nat Reeves or Frans Van Geest, and Joe Farnsworth or Willie Jones III on drums.
| 1. | The Best Things In Life Are Free (Ray Henderson / Buddy DeSylva / Lew Brown) 5:00 | |
| 2. | Christina (Buster Williams) 6:08 | |
| 3. | Bye, Bye Baby (Jule Styne / Leo Robin) 4:16 | |
| 4. | Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz) 5:17 | |
| 5. | Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills) 5:45 | |
| 6. | Debits And Credits (Jesse van Ruller) 4:56 | |
| 7. | Everything I Love (Cole Porter) 5:39 | |
| 8. | In Walked Bud (Thelonious Monk) 3:45 | |
| 9. | Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Tommy Wolf / Fran Landesman) 5:30 | |
| 10. | Cedar's Blues (Cedar Walton) 4:39 |
Total Time: 51:00
Recorded
January 17, 2001 [1-6]
in
Brooklyn, NY, USA [1-6]
Recorded
October 28, 2001 [7-10]
in
Monster, The Netherlands [7-10]
Engineer:
Max Bolleman
Producer:
Gerry Teekens
&
K. Hasselpflug (executive)