Rein De Graaff Trio - 1978 - Drifting On A Reed

Rein De Graaff Trio 

1978

Drifting On A Reed

01. Drifting On A Reed

02. Alone Together

03. I Waited For You

04. Lennie And Lee

05. Sunrise

6. Blue Bossa

07. Lonely Friday Blues

08. Anthropology

09. Autumn Leaves

Bass – Henk Haverhoek

Drums – Leroy Williams

Piano – Rein De Graaff

Pianist. Dutch self-taught pianist who's made himself one of Europe's best session players. De Graaff led  trio from 1959 to 1962, then joined The Jazzopters for a year. He then headed his own quartet until 1964, at the same time playing with Erwin Some and Gijs Hendriks. De Graaff formed a new group in 1964 that stayed together until the '80s. He also played with a number of visiting American musicians, among them Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Johnny Griffin, Art Taylor, Clifford Jordan, Cecil Payne, Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry, Sonny Stitt, Philly Joe Jones and Arnett Cobb. He made several appearances in New York, and was awarded the Dutch National Jazz Prize in 1980.

The European Piano Trio series recorded in trios of standard by Laine de Graff, a pianist representing the Hollands. A variety of basic tunes such as "Blue Bossa" and "Dead Leaves" by Graf who plays a dapper fraise after another with a light touch.