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 Debbie Poryes Trio – Loving Hank – OA2 Records

by Audiophile Audition | Nov 11, 2017 | Jazz CD Reviews

Debbie Poryes Trio – Loving Hank – OA2 Records OA2 22146 61:55*** A very sympathetic ‘shout out’ to one of jazz’s treasures ( Debbie Poryes – piano; Peter Barshay – bass; David Rokeach – drums; Erik Jekabson – flugelhorn track 1) The relationship between pianists Debbie Poryes and Hank Jones would appear to be somewhat tenuous. But that did not stop the San Francisco based pianist from offering a tribute to the late, great, lyrical and impeccable master of the keyboard, under the album title Loving Hank. Apart from a period in the 1980s, when Poryes made The Netherlands her home base while she taught and played in that country along with several other European venues, Debbie has pretty much confined herself to the West Coast and Northern California in particular. She has developed a very individualistic approach to her piano playing, but it is informed in style by such luminaries as Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Tommy Flanagan and—not unsurprisingly—Hank Jones. For those who may be unfamiliar with Hank Jones ( there really can’t be all that many), he was one of seven children and raised in Pontiac Michigan. Two of his brothers also became well-known jazz musicians, Thad a […]