Clusone 3 – Love Henry / Gramavision Audio CD 1997 / GCD 79517

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Amsterdam's Clusone Trio--Michael Moore, Ernst Reijseger, and Han Bennink--are quite simply one of the best jazz trios playing today. The group's mixture of improvisation and dissected cover tunes reveals a diversity that few jazz ensembles have achieved. On Love Henry, the trio covers everything from Kurt Weill's "Bilbao Song" to "White Christmas." And there's plenty of room for solo improvs, especially by cello virtuoso Reijseger, and Bennink, one of the improv scenes most powerful, craziest drummers. Of all the Clusone Trio's albums, this is the best representation of their amazing live playing. Few records swing this hard. --Jason Verlinde