Ronnie Mathews - 1975 - Trip to the Orient

Ronnie Mathews 

1975 

Trip to the Orient

01. Ichiban 4:46

02. Manha Do Carnaval 7:25

03. Linda 3:30

04. K's Waltz 4:44

05. Jean-Marie 6:43

06. When Sunny Gets Blue 7:21

07. Summertime 6:25

Bass – Yoshio Suzuki (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3)

Drums – Louis Hayes (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3)

Piano – Ronnie Mathews

Recorded July 7 [side B] & 9 [side A], 1975 at Vanguard Studio, N.Y.

One of the greatest sessions ever recorded by Ronnie Mathews – an excellent soul jazz pianist who's working here in a mode that's similar to that of Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, or other 70s lyrical giants! Mathews' touch on the keys is incredible – at one moment extremely sensitive and pensive, at another racing forward with a searing searching spirituality that's driven on by the bass of Yoshio Suzuki and the drums of Louis Hayes – a great rhythm duo who really help give the record a very special, unique feel.