The Benny Lackner Trio is an acoustic-based piano trio that reinvents standards while mostly focusing on original material. Their main concern is to make jazz accessible while still remaining true to the historic legacy of the jazz piano trio.

PERSONNEL:

BENNY LACKNER, piano, keyboards
DEREK NIEVERGELT, bass
ROBERT PERKINS, drums

The Studio, New York, November 19, 2004

TRACKS:

01. Sign Of The Times
02. Ballade
03. Dresden Blues
04. Sister Love
05. Feisty Beast
06. Soul Eyes
07. Rambo Sex Party
08. Isobel
09. How About You.

"Despite a fondness for funky grooves, hard drumbeats and covers of pop tunes, the Lacknerites keep it understated." - Jazz Times