Bill O`Connell

"Monk's Cha Cha" is a first..and a first-rate first at that. Recorded live at the Carnegie-Farian Room in Nyack, New York, it presents O'Connell all by his lonesome on nine songs that highlight his command over the keys. Everything you could possibly look for in a pianist—taste, clarity of touch, technique, wit, erudition, harmonic depth, lyricism, rhythmic authority—is here for the taking. It may have taken Bill O'Connell a long time to go it alone for a full-length album, but it was well worth the wait.

BILL 0'CONNELL, solo piano

Live at the Carnegie-Farian Room, New York, June 21, 2013

TRACKS:

01. The Song Is You
02. Dindi
03. Monk's Cha Cha
04. It Could Happen To You
05. Zip Line Afro Blues
06. Hither Hills
07. Gibberish
08. White Caps