On Out Of This World, his fourth release on Playscape Recordings, veteran pianist Ted Rosenthal and his working trio show off their distinctive versions of ten popular selections from the Great American Songbook. The group previously demonstrated its finely honed interpretive abilities on last year's Impromptu, their label debut, which featured Rosenthal's creative jazz reinventions of themes from a broad sampling of classical masterpieces.
Critics called that record "consistently intriguing" (George Kanzler, Hot House), "technically erudite and impeccably tasteful" (Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes) and "one of the most ridiculously entertaining CDs of the year" (Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix). AllAboutJazz.com's Dr. Judith Schlesinger added, "Bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Quincy Davis are the perfect compadres for Rosenthal's fluid elegance, subtle humor and flat-out swing." |