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1. Trash Talk 5:25 – 2. Folk Song 7:08 – 3. Spirit & Solidarity 5:01 – 4. Quantity of Life 6:46 – 5. Upper West Side 8:27 – 6. In My Humble Opinion 6:24 – 7. Innocence 6:10 – 8. Downtown Creep 4:50 – 9. Taste & See 6:58 — Derel Monteith, piano — Andy Crawford, bass — Jason Brannon, drums — Why release a piano trio album? — I have been playing in piano trios (with bass and drums) ever since I began playing jazz professionally back in about 1990, so I am very accustomed to that configuration. I particularly enjoy playing melodies, and not having horns or other dominant melody voices in the band gives me all the freedom and responsibility that comes with being the primary melody player. And of course, among the different types of jazz small groups, the piano trio has one of the richest recorded histories, so there is a more than ample range of approaches to draw from. — Why release an album now? — After about 20 years of marriage, fatherhood and law practice, in 2015 it became clear that a new phase of life was on the horizon (“Quantity Of Life,” get it?). Instead of continuing to only play whatever informal trio gigs crossed my path, I decided to be deliberate about it: to form my own trio that would focus on my original music. — Cool, so about the album… — Right. By winter 2017, we had built up a decent book of my original songs and developed a rapport as a band, so we recorded what eventually became Quantity Of Life. — (Source: Artist PR) — Total running time: 57:09 — UPC 845121029772 — The Amazon ASIN for the mp3 version of this CD is B07XSL3DRT — Another listing by Zip
