Inner Trust (1998)

About this title: One of David Kikoski's strongest offerings, Inner Trust is a departure in that it focuses primarily on non-original material. Three of the ten tracks are by the pianist, but the rest are standards and jazz classics. Joined by Leon Parker on drums and fellow Roy Haynes sideman Ed Howard on bass, Kikoski reaches consistently grand heights of harmonic invention on burning numbers like "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" and John Coltrane's "Some Other Blues." "Winnie's Garden," a Kikoski-penned workout over the chord changes to "Sweet Georgia Brown," practically overflows with energy. And ... read more

Tracks:

1. Some Other Blues [Coltrane]
2. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise [Romberg/Hammerstein]
3. Mirical [Kikoski]
4. Inner Trust [Kikoski]
5. You Don't Know What Love Is [Raye/DePaul/De Paul]
6. Two Lonely People [Evans]
7. Once Upon a Summertime [Barclay/Legrand/Mar]
8. We See [Monk]
9. Old Folks [Robison/Hill]
10. Winnie's Garden [Kikoski]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.