Name: Serendipity
Brand: Reference Recordings
SKU: 168333
Price: 16.34 GBP
Availability: InStock

Serendipity

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Personnel: Mike Garson (piano); Mike Garson; Jim Lacefield, Stanley Clarke (bass guitar); Peter Sprague (guitar); Jim Walker (flute); Gary Herbig (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Billy Mintz (drums).
Recording information: Civic Auditorium, Oxnard, CA (04/09/1986/04/27/1986); High School Auditorium, Santa Ana, CA (04/09/1986/04/27/1986).
Photographers: Michael Davenport ; J. Tamblyn Henderson.
This is a mostly straight-ahead set featuring Mike Garson's piano in a variety of settings. He takes "I Should Care" and "My Romance" unaccompanied; duets with the brilliant flutist Jim Walker (his musical partner in Free Flight) on "My One and Only Love"; plays three songs in a trio with bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Billy Mintz; and leads a quintet comprised of guitarist Peter Sprague, bassist Jim Lacefield, drummer Mintz, and either altoist Gary Herbig or flutist Walker through three of his tricky but likable originals. An excellent all-around set, one of Mike Garson's best. ~ Scott Yanow