My New Old Friend

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All Music Guide - Scott Yanow
Alan Pasqua's My New Old Friend is mostly a set of sensitive and relaxed trio improvisations. Pasqua, bassist Darek Oles and drummer Peter Erskine, three of the top jazz musicians based in Los Angeles, perform subtle reshapings of five standards which alternate with six of Pasqua's generally introspective originals. One is reminded of Bill Evans particularly on the standards in Pasqua's sophisticated chord voicings and the close interplay of the musicians, but that is only a point of reference rather than a direct copy. However fans of Evans' treatments of ballads will certainly enjoy this accessible and thoughtful effort.
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Scott Yanow
Alan Pasqua's My New Old Friend is mostly a set of sensitive and relaxed trio improvisations. Pasqua, bassist Darek Oles and drummer Peter Erskine, three of the top jazz musicians based in Los Angeles, perform subtle reshapings of five standards which alternate with six of Pasqua's generally introspective originals. One is reminded of Bill Evans particularly on the standards in Pasqua's sophisticated chord voicings and the close interplay of the musicians, but that is only a point of reference rather than a direct copy. However fans of Evans' treatments of ballads will certainly enjoy this accessible and thoughtful effort.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/5/2005
  • Label: Cryptogramophone
  • UPC: 671860012221
  • Catalog Number: 600122
  • Sales rank: 61,199

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 You Must Believe in Spring (4:55)
  2. 2 Barcelona (4:33)
  3. 3 Highway (5:59)
  4. 4 All the Things You Are (4:38)
  5. 5 My New Old Friend (8:29)
  6. 6 Body and Soul (7:18)
  7. 7 One More Once (4:20)
  8. 8 Vienna (7:03)
  9. 9 Wichita Lineman (5:58)
  10. 10 Stick Slap (4:37)
  11. 11 Smile (5:31)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Alan Pasqua Primary Artist, Piano
Peter Erskine Drums
Darek Oles Double Bass
Technical Credits
Michel Legrand Composer
Jimmy Webb Composer
Jerome Kern Composer
Alan Bergman Composer
Marilyn Bergman Composer
Charlie Chaplin Composer
Jacques Demy Composer
Jeff Gauthier Executive Producer
Johnny Green Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer
Edward Heyman Composer
Alan Pasqua Composer, Producer, Drawing
James Phillips Composer
Bill Traut Management
Geoff Parsons Composer
Rich Breen Engineer, Mastering
Hisao Ebine Executive Producer
John Gruenwald Etching
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