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Put pianist Hod O'Brien, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Kenny Washington in a club, record them for two evenings, and your are pretty much guaranteed to get at least one CD's worth of excellent music. Two CD's? Possible. Three CD's without prior rehearsals, and only five hours maximum of recording time? Pretty much impossible! However, "Live At Blues Alley Third Set" is fifty nine minutes of music "rejected" by Hod when we were selecting the material for the first two CD's. "But to my surprise, I found the music highly inspired", Hod explains. There is a level of excitement sustained on all of the selections, which include "It Could Happen To You", "Easy Living", and five of Tadd Dameron's classics. |