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Eric Plaks Quintet - Some Ones

by Eric Plaks

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Sailor Dog Please listen to the committed and just-a-little-unreasonable takes on standards here. Favorite track: 42nd Street.
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    Plaks' debut album presents a stellar quintet with Godfather Don Chapman on tenor sax, Alan Davis joining him on several tracks, Leco Reis on bass, and Jon Panikkar on drums. Get the original limited edition CD with gorgeous liner notes!

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REVIEW OF "SOME ONES" by Robert Iannopollo in Cadence Jazz Magazine, April 2016 -

Eric Plaks is a pianist with a broad sense of the history of the instrument. His quintet on Some Ones sounds right there with him. That’s evident from the first notes of the opening track, the standard “42nd Street”, a song usually taken at mid-tempo but here taken uptempo from the start. A blustery tenor courtesy of Don Chapman takes the lead, the rhythm section falls in and they’re off. Plaks’ comping is all over the place, starting fairly tame before blasting out in multiple directions. It’s an invigorating opener and Plaks and his band deliver on the promise.

Of course all is not bluster and energy. There’s a rather sweet rendition of “All The Things You Are” performed in 3/4 with a breezy solo by Plaks and some snappy brushwork from drummer [Jon] Panikkar. There’s also an unusual take on Duke Ellington’s “African Flower”. It’s one of Ellington’s later compositions and is usually performed as a owing ballad. But here Plaks has re-arranged it so that rhythmiclly, it sounds like a distant cousin to Ellington’s “Black And Tan Fantasy”. Peppered throughout the program are little “miniature” pieces that are duets between Plaks and drummer Panikkar. Here one gets a sense of where Plaks is coming from. There’s a strong influence of Cecil Taylor ca. early 1960s. This is especially true of “Miniature Rain”. But Plaks is not merely aping Taylor’s lines. One can feel there’s more, including the lineage stretching back from Taylor through Monk and back to Ellington as a piano player. This is especially evident in Plaks’ unorthodox comping.

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released November 15, 2015

Don Chapman - Tenor Sax
Alan Davis - Tenor Sax (on Tracks 7, 11, 13, and 15)
Leco Reis - Bass
Jon Panikkar - Drums
Eric Plaks - Piano
Recorded April 23 and 24, 2008 at City College, NY
Produced by Eric Plaks
Produced for Cadence Records by Bob Rusch
Cover photo by Gloria Plaks
Liner notes by Eric Plaks

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Eric Plaks New York, New York

Pianist Eric Plaks was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and attended Harvard College. A student of the entire history of jazz, from the most traditional forms to the most modern styles of creative improvisation, Eric began his performing and recording career when he moved to Harlem in 1996. He has appeared in various formats around New York City and the wider world. ... more

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