Craig Taborn Trio

1994 studio album by Craig Taborn

Craig Taborn Trio

Studio album by

Craig Taborn

Released

1994

Recorded

April 18 & 19, 1994

Studio

Power Station, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

55:45

Label

DIW

Producer

Kazunori Sugiyama

Craig Taborn chronology

Craig Taborn Trio
(1994)

Light Made Lighter
(2001)

Craig Taborn Trio is the debut album by American jazz pianist Craig Taborn. It was recorded in 1994 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Background

After completing Jurassic Classics with the James Carter Quartet, Taborn appropriated unused studio time to record this album with bandmates bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer Tani Tabbal: "We three rehearsed for a couple hours before the hit and recorded for two days. I picked tunes that weren't too difficult yet were valid and representative of my stuff". Taborn wrote several of these songs for a straightahead, neo-bop style, and covered under-recorded compositions such as Ornette Coleman's "Compassion", Horace Silver's "Shirl" and John Coltrane's Paul Chambers featured "Bass Blues".^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Down Beat	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden says that the album "showcases the talented pianist in a variety of settings ranging from post-bop and hard bop to free jazz and avant-garde jazz."^[2]

In a combined review with two James Carter's albums for Down Beat, Jon Andrews notes that "Taborn has the same omnivorous esthetic as Carter, assimilating contemporary piano styles as diverse as Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Craig Taborn except as indicated

"David the Goliath" – 4:01
"Compassion" (Ornette Coleman) – 7:02
"Scar" (Andrew Dahlke) – 6:07
"A Man of Action" – 5:27
"Shirl" (Horace Silver) – 5:27
"Over the Water" – 5:45
"The Temple" – 4:20
"Bass Blues" (John Coltrane) – 5:34
"The Soul of Grace" – 6:31
"Uproot" – 5:31

Personnel

Craig Taborn – piano
Jaribu Shahid – bass
Tani Tabbal – drums

References

^ Original Liner Notes by Howard Mandel
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. Craig Taborn – Craig Taborn Trio: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Andrews, Jon. Craig Taborn Trio review. Down Beat April 95: page 38. Print.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1372. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.