East Coast Roots (2006)

About this title: Inspired by Joey DeFrancesco and, like every organist, by Jimmy Smith, Pat Bianchi plays very much in their two overlapping styles. This set teams him with guitarist Mark Whitfield (who spent a period playing with Smith) and with DeFrancesco's longtime drummer, Byron Landham. To try something a little different, Bianchi recorded eight songs that are not associated with organists and in most cases were probably never recorded previously by an organist. The modern jazz classics, which include songs by Bobby Hutcherson, John Coltrane ("Straight Street"), Jimmy Heath, and Bill Evans, all adapt ... read more

Tracks:

1. Silver Trane [Senensky]
2. Little B's Poem [Hutcherson]
3. Straight Street [Coltrane]
4. Gingerbread Boy [Heath]
5. Theme for Ernie [Live] [Lacy]
6. Dizzy's Business [Wilkins]
7. Turn Out the Stars [Evans]
8. Nobody Else But Me [Live] [Hammerstein/Kern]

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