Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, and Dave Carpenter – Live at Rocco

Description

There’s a Zen-like quality to this music. It’s unhurried … though the energy is there in the concentration one feels. Erskine’s quietness and discretion at the drumset is deceptive. He often reminds me of a painter of those Japanese watercolors: simplicity, economy, subtlety, and getting it the way it has to be in one go … close attention reveals shimmering lights in its depths.

– Thomas Storer

The musical cachet of this superbly recorded album lays with its pervasive lyricism, harmonic savvy, and rhythmic ease … Musical magic …

– R.A. Roberts

Your identity could get blurred while taking in this trio, Aei they may seem to be inside your head, accompanying your thoughts rather than guiding them … (they) meld so seamlessly that they all sound like one instrument … Erskine can get 99 distinct shadings out of every skin and cymbal, while insinuating a rhythm you can feel in your bones even when nobody seems to be playing one … (a) dreamy two-disc release ..

– Greg Burk, LA Weekly

Contained herein is a genuine L.A. Story … on two CDs, dubbed “West Side” and “East Side,” Pasqua, Carpenter and Erskine show a strong interactive chemistry, spaciousness and melodic instincts … in all, the album suggests a new West Coast cool … “Live at Rocco’ is a tough beauty in the shadow of Mulholland.

The definitive “live” recording of the Erskine/Pasqua/Carpenter collaboration, featuring jazz standards and band originals. The music on this 2 CD set is beautifully captured by engineer Rich Breen.

CD1:

1. To Love Again
2. Riff Raff
3. Caribe (intro)
4. Caribe (body)
5. Life Today
6. Jerry Goldsmith
7. Greta
8. Bulgaria

CD 2:

1. How About You?
2. Autumn Rose
3. Pure & Simple
4. All of You
5. Children
6. Milagro
7. Taiowa

Personnel: Peter Erskine: drums; Alan Pasqua: piano; David Carpenter: double-bass.

This album is available via download from iTunes or Amazon.