John Beasley

John Beasly (piano)
Bennie Maupin (ts on tracks 1, 4 & 8 & ss on 5 & 7) Brian Lynch ( tp on tracks 1, 4 & 9 )
James Genus (bass)
Jeff “Tain” Watts (drums)

New Jersey, April 2009

Tracks:
1. Caddo Bayou (quintet), 2. Positootly! (trio), 3. Dindi (trio), 4. Black Thunder (quintet), 5. Shatita Boom Boom (quartet), 6. Tanguedia III (trio), 7. Elle (quartet), 8. So Tired (quartet), 9. Eight Winds (quartet), 10. Hope (solo piano)

Recommended tracks: 7, 6, 2, 3 & 8

“To my ears, he’s absolutely one of the best of his generation”. - Bennie Maupin

“John Beasley is a pianist with a large, eclectic studio résumé. He has facility and enthusiasm and a musical methodology assembled from licks and runs and gestures in the public domain” - Thomas Conrad, Jazztimes