Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain – [Cellar Live, 2012] –

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African American, Bandleader, Cellar Live, Drummer, Educator, Jeremy Pelt, Jimmy Greene, Lewis Nash, PETER WASHINGTON, Renee Rosnes

Lewis Nash Quintet, The Highest Mountain

Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain –Mp3– [Cellar Live, 2012]

“Universally recognized as the great drummer of his generation — resourceful, inventive, subtle and infallibly tasteful.” – The Village Voice

A veteran of the international scene, Nash has played with many jazz greats, from Betty Carter and Dizzy Gillespie to Diana Krall and Branford Marsalis. He rose to particular prominence during his decade in Tommy Flanagan’s trio. Noted for his subtle, melodic playing, Nash is also an accomplished bandleader and educator.

Musicians:
LEWIS NASH – drums
PETER WASHINGTON – bass
RENEE ROSNES – piano
JIMMY GREENE – tenor & soprano saxophone
JEREMY PELT – trumpet & flugelhorn

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PIANIST BENNY GREEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MUSICAL HEROES WITH NEW TRIO RECORDING, SOURCE

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Benny Green, Jazz, KENNY WASHINGTON, PETER WASHINGTON, Piano

TO BE RELEASED APRIL 12 ON JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS

FIRST TRIO ALBUM IN TEN YEARS FEATURES GREEN’S LONG-TIME PARTNERS, PETER WASHINGTON (BASS) & KENNY WASHINGTON (DRUMS)

LISTEN TO EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACKS FROM SOURCE

Benny Green - SOURCE

The dynamic and exuberant pianist Benny Green pays tribute to the great pianists and composers he grew up listening to, in an energetic and swinging, 10-piece collection titled Source (Jazz Legacy Productions). Featuring Green’s trio-mates, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kenny Washington, Source includes compositions by Bud Powell, Sonny Clark, Carl Perkins, Kenny Drew, Duke Pearson and Horace Silver. Remarkably, this is Green’s first recording as a leader since his duo date with Russell Malone, Bluebird, in 2004, and his first trio recording since 2000, Naturally, when his band comprised Malone and bassist Christian McBride.

Source was largely set into motion when Green and the two Washingtons were getting reacquainted with each other in 2009 while on tour in Japan as the rhythm section for Japanese guitarist Satoshi Inoue. While Green had performed with Peter and Kenny many times over the years (for example, Peter played on Green’s debut album, Prelude, on Criss Cross in 1988, and Kenny played on Green’s 1996 Blue Note release The Place to Be), the tour made for a reunion of sorts.