July 19, 2024
The Bill Charlap Trio has released “(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You),” a gorgeous new single from their forthcoming album And Then Again out Aug. 16, a stellar live recording that captures one of the great working jazz groups of our time on a particularly inspired Saturday night at the Village Vanguard in New York City. Featuring pianist Bill Charlap with his longtime trio of Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums, the album is a delightful hour of high-wire swing and stunning balladry that documents the trio’s evolution on a set of songbook favorites and pieces by major jazz composers.
Showcased throughout the album are the locked-in accord and extrasensory communication shared among these three musicians. The fleet yet diamond-sharp decision-making that happens bar after bar, tune after tune. The terra firma of the repertoire set against the improvised pluck of the arranging, and the many wonderful, unforgettable moments that ensue. “This record is about the communication of the trio — what we’re doing individually, and what we’re doing as a unit,” says Charlap. “And we try to do this in our own way, without really having to think too much about doing it in our own way. That should just happen naturally, and I think it does. You train the head, you trust the heart.”
And Then Again is available for pre-order now on limited edition Blue Note Store exclusive color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and digital download. The track listing is as follows:
Side A:
- And Then Again (Kenny Barron)
- All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II)
- ‘Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
- In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)
Side B:
- Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen/Eddie DeLange)
- Sometimes I’m Happy (Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar)
- The Man I Love (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
- (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You) (Victor Young/Ned Washington/Bing Crosby)
