Plays Well With Others, released 2013 on Capri Records
Featuring: Mike Jones, piano; Mike Gurrola, bass; Jeff Hamilton, drums
Track List
- Besame Mucho
- It’s A Wonderful World
- September Song
- I Know Why And So Do You
- Box Viewing Blues
- Detour Ahead
- Day By Day
- Corcovado
- I’m Walkin’
- Deed I Do
- I’m Old Fashioned
- I Thought About You
- Obscuro Blues
Reviews
- All About Jazz – 11/16/13
- All About Jazz – 11/24/13
- Bebop Spoken Here
- CD Hotlist
- Chicago Tribune
- Jazz FM 91
- Jazz Scan
- Jazz Times
- Jazz Wax
- The Jazz Writer
- Midwest Record
- O’s Place
- WGRZ.com
I couldn’t muster up much of an argument with the title. It’s apparent that Jones does indeed play well with others — in this case, Mike Gurrola, bass, and Jeff Hamilton, drums. Jones is one of those “do everything” types; the kind of pianist you’d love to hear in a good “listening room.” One gets the idea that, like the late Jimmy Rowles, Jones probably knows a zillion songs, both the familiar, the obscure, and the out-of-left-field goodies known only to historians and/or “tune freaks.” Jones and his trio launch into 13 winners on this session, including goodies such as “Besame Mucho,” “It’s a Wonderful World,” “September Song”, “Day By Day,” “Corcovado,” “I’m Old Fashioned,” and even Fats Domino’s mega-hit, “I’m Walkin’.” If you lean toward great melody players, guys like John Bunch, Eddie Higgins and Paul Smith, I think you’ll find that Jones does indeed “play well with others.”
George Fendel Jazz Society of Oregon