Harvey Mason – Changing Partners: Trios 2 (One Step) / Evosound

When the attribute “super drummer” comes up, Harvey Mason's name is never far away. The Grammy-nominated, US-American composer and pianist is one of the most in-demand studio and live drummers in the world:

The Notorious B.I.G., Carlos Santana, Barbra Streisand, James Brown, Henry Mancini, Sérgio Mendes, the London Symphony Orchestra and many other musicians have made use of this exceptional talent.

As a former member of Herbie Hancock's band Headhunters, for whom he co-wrote the hit “Chameleon”, and co-founder of the contemporary jazz group Fourplay, Mason initiated a project with various trio formations that was

enthusiastically celebrated by fans and the trade media: “Changing Partners: Trios”. “Changing Partners: Trios 2” is the follow-up to the legendary debut and is in no way inferior to it in terms of quality – quite the opposite: ‘Changing Partners:

Trios 2’ is an outstanding, multi-layered and varied straight-ahead jazz trio album that not only thrives on the virtuoso versatility of the bandleader, but also on the rotating line-up of musical collaborators. These include greats such as Chick Corea,

Stanley Clarke, Dave Grusin, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Buster Williams. With a mix of fresh takes on beloved jazz standards (“Sweet And Lovely”) and original material (“Midnight Stroll”), Mason has created an album that, as he says,

was “made with love”. “Changing Partners” is a vibrant tribute to the importance of the piano trio in the history of jazz, while also reaffirming the enduring legacy of the Great American Songbook.

Evosound is now presenting “Changing Partners: Trios 2” as a high-quality One-Step LP pressing, cut at 33 RPM and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl – the long overdue sonic match for this fantastic jazz document!

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Side 1

1. Change Partners

2. Sweet And Lovely

3. Mean Old Man

4. Hilda Plays

Side 2

5. Waltz For Dave

6. You Don‘t Know What Love Is

7. Midnight Stroll