Bill O`Connell

Pianist Bill O'Connell keeps it nice and lean here – working in a core quartet that moves its instrumentation around, but always in ways that maybe bring more of an edge to the record than some of O'Connell's previous records – yet all without losing the soulful charms that make him so great!

Bill himself plays acoustic piano, but switches to Fender Rhodes on two cuts – a theme that's followed as Craig Handy plays soprano sax on three, and tenor on two more – while bassist Lincoln Goines shifts between acoustic and electric basses. Steve Jordan handles drums, and Pedrito Martinez adds percussion on a few tracks – exploring some of the Latin currents that Bill sometimes adds to his records.

PERSONNEL:

• Bill O'Connell - (piano)
• Craig Handy - (saxophone)
• Lincoln Goines - (bass)
• Steve Jordan - (drums)
• Pedrito Martinez - (percussion)

Paramus, New Jersey, May 13 $ 14, 2021

TRACKS:

• 01. Moment’s Notice
• 02. Loco-Motive
• 03. Covid Blues
• 04. A Change Is Gonna Come
• 05. Sun for Sonny
• 06. Enough Is Enough
• 07. Sweet Peanut
• 08. A Prayer for Us
• 09. Chaos
• 10. My Foolish Heart