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)