Bob Mamet Trio
Impromptu
Counterpoint Records
www.bobmamet.com
By George W. Harris

Together with the LA All Star team of Darek Oles/b and Joe La Barbera/dr, pianist/composer Bob Mamet puts out a fresh and unpretentious piano trio disc that brims over with great ideas. He’s got a glassy and crystalline sound to his touch which flows over on the gentle “Until Morning” and reflective “Illinois Road.” The Band gels like a team of stallions on the bouncy “Bob’s Blues” and the assertive “Danzon Allegretto” and sound quite Mingusy on the driving “At Play.” The teamwork between these guys gives a wholeness to the sound, with each guy relaying like a double play team. Nice outing here.