Peter Kogan: The Green Album

Drummer Peter Kogan mixes and matches hard bop ensembles of various sizes on this comfort food collection of jazz standards and originals. In a vintage quintet format, Pete Whitman’s tenor swings and Phil Aaron’s piano glides to a Blue Notey “Fools Blues” and Jake Baldwin’s muted trumpet coos on a rich “Miles Back.” Kogan gives a hip Crescent City snap for bassist Jeff Bailey on “Moos the Mooche” and bounces on “My Little Suede Shoes. Slightly larger ensembles, the band drives to Baeily’s line on a strong and muscular “Slippery Slope” while Turner is lovely on “Honolulu.” Eternal sounds for the ages.

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