Live at the Blue Note - Jazz Music Album | Best Live Jazz Performances for Relaxation, Dinner Parties & Romantic Evenings

Review "Critics' Picks: Top Five Albums of 1999" -- JazzTimes Magazine, February, 2000"Quickly establishing herself as one of the more interesting musicians of her generation.... [Her trio] couldn't have achieved a more unified groove unless someone had welded them together." -- The (Allentown) Morning Call"There's lan here, and in spades." -- At The Shore, Atlantic City1. Cadence: Roberta Piket's Trio shows the solid rapport of a working band... Swartz and Williams are capable ensemble players and soloists and their contributions make Piket's second release as a leader an impressive one... Piket's version of Wilder's "While We're Young" opens with her reflective, floating focus that she gradually builds and transforms into an increasingly percussive touch. Her trio's rapport is most impressive as they generate a hip groove out of the ostinato vamps of funky originals like "Just A Blues" and the impassioned "Five-Four Play" featuring special guest John O'Gallagher on reeds. Piket's trio ends this impressive live set with a dynamic version of the ballad standard "All Or Nothing At All." If you enjoy first rate contemporary mainstream piano trio music, [Live At The Blue Note] is highly recommended. -- Cadence Magazine, February, 2000Live at the Blue Note is Piket's second recording as a leader, and her first in a trio setting, although she is joined on two tracks by alto sax player John O'Gallagher... The music is varied and multifaceted, avoiding many of the dead ends that tend to turn up on many contemporary jazz recordings. It is obvious that Piket enjoys an excellent rapport with her companions: the music seems to drive along effortlessly, with almost ESP-like interactions at every juncture. From the shifting rhythms of her "Just a Blues" to the contemplative "Losing Faith," Piket keeps the listener intrigued, hungry to peek at what's around the corner... This is jazz the way it was meant to be performed: inventive and original, but with reverence. -- Linewaiter's Gazette, November, 1999 From the Artist For the accomplished New England Conservatory graduate, Roberta Piket's Live at the Blue Note is a benchmark revealing deepened convictions and new directions. "In the past, I may have felt I was a stronger composer than player, so perhaps I hid behind the horns a bit," Piket says in reference to the quartet and quintet lineups of Unbroken Line. "But as my confidence has grown, I've wanted more control over the music. That's why I started playing trio. Also, I like the more intimate interactions of trio."