Personnel:
Aaron Goldberg (p), Omer Avital (b), Ali Jackson (d)
Reference: JPCD 824001
Bar code: 5051083200189
Following the success of “Groove du Jour”, crowned best album of the year 2019 by the French Academie du Jazz, Yes! Trio makes its return by releasing its third album “Spring Sings”. Bringing together drummer Ali Jackson, whose personal lineage is rooted in an African American family of jazz players from Detroit, spotted by Wynton Marsalis in his teen years; pianist Aaron Goldberg, the son of eminent Boston scientists who graduated from Harvard University; and double bassist Omer Avital, an Israeli musician with Yemenite and Moroccan roots expatriated to New York for his love of bebop, Yes! Trio brings together three musicians who were never expected to meet! United by thirty years of friendship and love of swing, enriched by their differences and their individual experiences, these three contemporary masters, solo leaders in their own right, are bond by a true group spirit which encourages interaction in music at its maximum intensity and subtlety. Convinced that swing is a timeless idea, Yes! Trio continues to embrace jazz with the same happiness, faithful to what makes up its essence, from Ahmad Jamal to Motown to Yemen Blues. Combining two brilliantly revisited standards with a series of sublime original compositions, “Spring Sings” is a pure gem that confirms the unique character of Yes! Trio on the jazz planet.
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"A recording that quite simply has FUN written in boldface capitals all over it"
—All About Jazz ★★★★
"Un trio à la fois 'in the tradition' et parfaitement hors norme"
—Jazz Magazine "CHOC"
"Le trio a mis du soin en tout et conçu un répertoire tonique, frais et confiant... comme devrait l'être tout matin de printemps."
—Télérama TTT
"Du swing, du style, un son, et beaucoup, beaucoup de classe"
—Jazz News
"Omer Avital, Aaron Goldberg, Ali Jackson forment un trio à qui on dit « oui » tout de suite, sans aucune modération."
—Le Soir ★★★★
"De ce trio ressort une sorte de joie et de plaisir indéfinissables"
—Culture Jazz
"L'un des trios les plus séduisants de ces dernières années (...) des compositions toujours aussi belles et des musiciens au sommet de leur art. On dit "oui"!"
—TSF Jazz
"This is crisp, assertive, sophisticated jazz that swings down the mainstream, riding the confluence of currents from the very different backgrounds of the three maestros"
—Musically Speaking
"Spring Sings at its best thrives the more languid it sounds"
—Marlbank
"Voilà un trio habité par le swing et qui place la barre très haut grâce à son unité, son son d’ensemble, sa finesse et l’intelligence d’une musique jouée avec autant d’autorité que de cœur"
—Jazz'in "Disque du mois"
