SquarePegWorks,
2015
Reviews
Given the dominance of more time-travelled compositions on the CD, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume a generic piano trio outing but that’s not at all the case. Paulsen’s arrangements put melody first and his strong sense of harmonic structure opens the door to some fine improvisations. A Few Thoughts is filled with musically solid grooves and excellent contributions from the players. Brey is an especially gifted pianist and accompanied by Paulsen and Zayas, the group makes these old tunes fresh and modern. Both the covers and original compositions are satisfying and energetic.
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Bassist and composer Peter Paulsen… exhibits an approach to creating music rooted in observation and execution through improvisation, communication and impulsiveness… and in that vein, we have A Few Thoughts, Paulsen’s trio outing of covers and original tunes.” He is on the faculty at West Chester University, teaching both classical double bass and Jazz Studies.
“The young pianist Tim Brey holds a recent degree in Jazz Piano from Temple University and he serves as the music director of the Philadelphia-based Jazz It Up Productions, an up and coming organization helping keep live jazz alive in that city’s neighborhoods .
Drummer and Cuban native François Zayas played with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba for ten years and thanks to his simultaneous pursuit of jazz, landed a recent gig with saxophonist Steve Coleman.
Karl Ackermann, AllAboutJazz.com