Pianist Andres Vial brings together Martin Heslop/b and Tommy Crane/dr for a collection of subdued originals. The ivories are moody on the melancholy “La Nuit Est Un Soleil” and dreamy around Helop’s bowed bass on “Dencausse”. Crane’s brushes are soft on “Orundellico” and the team cascades on the lyrical “Senderos” while folksy themes are 
produced by Vial on the mellow
“Mister Mystery” and ballet of “Spring 2020”. Piano in pastels.
Michael Kaeshammer brings his extroverted piano together bassist David Piltch and drummer Johnny Vidacovich for a rollicking album that sounds like it’s late night on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Kaeshammer’s piano carries a big wallop of a sound with Vidacovich hitting hard on the rollicking “You Got It In Your Soulness” with the team snapping to the two stepper take of “Down By The Riverside”. There’s a rich jungle groove to led by Vidacovich on “Caravan”, with the gospel never far away on “The Preacher”. The team gets coy on “Ain’t She Sweet” with the leader at the mic, and Piltch slithers on “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” before going wild on Ornette Coleman’s “Ramblin”. No holds barred!
Composer and piano player Gentiane Mg joins with Levi Dover/b and Louis-Vincent Hamel/dr for a collection of originals that reflect a debt to Impressionist Claude Debussy. The bookends of “Prologue” and “Epilogue” are solos of dancing snowflakes, while in the trio setting she floats over Dover’s pulse on “Little Tree” and his dainty brushes of the title piece. There’s a rich piano-bass conversation on “Un Pied En Dehors Du Nid” that calls and responds and the team does some parallel work on “The Moon, The Sun, The Truth”. A music of moonlight.
Piano man and composer Kevin Fort brings in a team of bassist Joe Policastro and drummer Jon Deitemyer for a mix of originals and standards. His touch is uptown and classy , bopping with clarity on “I Should Care” and able to exude romance as on “You’re Nearer”. He gives a clever read to Thelonious Monk’s “I Should Care” with a glowingly glissando intro, and richly brings in “ Lucky To Be Me”. Deitemyer swings the sticks leading into Fort’s “Fortified” and Policastro bounces around “Lullaby Of The Leaves” with the team displaying nifty soul on “B’s Waltz”. Upscale nights