Ben Neuman - IntroductionsCombining with one of America's premier rhythm teams bassist Dennis Carroll (Bobby Broom Trio) and drummer George Fludas (Cedar Walton Trio) Chicago pianist Ben Neuman creates a dynamic debut recording with fresh arrangements of music by Coltrane, Hancock and Horace Silver along with American Songbook classics and an original of his own. Deeply embedded in the tradition, Neuman further pursues new harmonic and melodic concepts as a member of the

an astonishing show of colors and shapes that mixes sound

which conveys rugged grandeur through an uncompromising structural unity

"And I always find places to use the Mellotron flutes and strings

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luminous tone

After completing his military service in 1953

"My aptly-titled 12th solo record wrestles with the questions we encounter in the middle

and the sampling of traditional instruments from all over the globe by Algerian DJ Cheb i Sabbah

taking great pleasure in a dreamlike state of coincidentalism - being open to all the unfolding daily events of a great modern city

wanted to explore the possibilities of an orchestra of unprecedented size

Blues specialty radio kept the album on Living Blues' radio chart for six straight months

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