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Peter Erskine & Alan Pasqua with David Carpenter
Live at Rocco (2 CDs)
Fuzzy Music, PEPCD 007
1727 Hill Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: 310-399-1727
Cyberhome: www.fuzzymusic.com


For nearly ten years Peter Erskine has been putting out exquisite 
piano trio music on the ECM label, in the company of pianist John 
Taylor and bassist Palle Daniellson. Live at Rocco is the 
double-disc debut of a new, equally exciting trio completed by 
pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist David Carpenter - both of whom, 
incidentally, have done stellar work with Allan Holdsworth. Erksine, 
Pasqua, and Carpenter have all had the fusion bug at one time or 
another, but the vibe here is straight-up acoustic, generally mellow, 
and gloriously melodic.
	Pasqua, who wrote seven of the fifteen tunes, has a way with 
hooks - "To Love Again" and "Caribe" sound almost like finely crafted 
pop songs. "Taiowa," the vamp-based "Jerry Goldsmith," and the 
stately "Milagro" reveal Pasqua's more adventurous side, while 
"Greta" and "Children," two ballads, whisper with fragility and 
tenderness. Carpenter's sole original, "Riff Raff," begins as a 
bass-driven groove and eases into bopping swing. Erskine contributes 
the spritely "Bulgaria," the hypnotic and soft "Life Today," and the 
Jarrett-like "Autumn Rose." Impressionistic yet burning takes of "All 
of You" (Carpenter's solo!) and the seldom-played "How About You?" 
fit right in with the original material. And John Taylor's "Pure and 
Simple," the most swinging cut of the session, could have lent the 
album a fitting subtitle. Keeping it pure and simple was exactly the 
intention of these three strikingly complementary players.
~David R. Adler

Tracks,disc one:
1. To Love Again
2. Riff Raff
3. Caribe (intro)
4. Caribe (body)
5. Life Today
6. Jerry Goldsmith
7. Greta
8. Bulgaria

Tracks, disc two:
1. How About You?
2. Autumn Rose
3. Pure & Simple
4. All of You
5. Children
6. Milagro
7. Taiowa



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