Three Views of Jazz Piano: Bernie Worrell, Christian Jacob, Andrew Litton

By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Here are three well-recorded solo piano recitals by three very different pianists playing three equally different jazz repertoires. In spite of these apparent differences, the three artists approach their material in a similarly spacious way. The results are encouraging. Bernie Worrell Elevation: The Upper Air M.O.D. Technologies 2014 There are a couple of things going on in this release. First, this is the first solo piano recording by Bernie Worrell. Worrell was a founding member of George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic, not exactly the musician one would expect to make such a close and introspective recording. Second, this is the flagship release from M.O.D....