YARON HERMAN TRIO

YARON HERMAN TRIO
A TIME FOR EVERYTHING (2007)
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This album is almost a masterclass in the contemporary trio. In one package, pianist Herman crams powerful originals, straight-ahead swingers, sensitive balladry, Monk pastiche, electronics, a standard, ingenious pop covers and a prayer-like solo cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, throwing in a bit of free improv and Scriabin along the way. Herman shows a gift for deconstructing recent hits for Björk and Britney. Both Army of Me and Toxic have rhythmic twists that suit Herman's propulsive style, and a harmonic simplicity that is echoed in originals such as Paluszki. His reinvention of the Police's Message in a Bottle works less well. The trio is completed by Matt Brewer (bass) and Gerald Cleveland (drums), featured to great effect on a brief jazz headbanger called El Toro and on the album's "secret" track.

1. Army Of Me
2. Stompin
3. Layla Layla
4. Interlude
5. Toxic
6. Neshima
7. Paluszki
8. Prelude N°2 In B Flat Major, Opus 35
9. Message In A Bottle
10. Mmm
11. Monkey Paradise
12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
13. El Toro
14. Hallelujah