A musician's musician for far too long, pianist Bill Mays deserves wider recognition for the outstanding work he's done with his latest trio. Flanked by two exceptionally alert and responsive players — bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson — Mays exhibits his fluid, speak-softly-but-spare-no-intensity style on Summer Sketches, a thematic program of seasonal standards and group originals that blossom under the ensemble's telepathic interplay. And who knew so many gorgeous songs had summer in their titles?
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