Review from Germany

This review of my new CD Keeping the Standards appeared in Jazz Podium, which I'm told is a very good place to be reviewed in Europe - apparently it's the oldest and one of the best jazz magazines published in Germany. Christian Finger, a German drummer with whom I have worked who now lives in New York, helped me with the translation:

The classic jazz trio, the old magic: piano, bass and drums. Would one ever get sick of hearing this musical fabric? Skating freely in the jazz cosmos. The original triumvirate. The Australian pianist Isaacs invited two of his favourite
American colleagues for this live recording at “The Basement” in Sydney. Jay
Anderson on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums. The three of them are concerned with “keeping the standards”. And why not? The “American Songbook” is ultimately the backbone of jazz. “Skylark”, “Gone With the Wind”, “Falling in Love with Love”, “Footprints” and “Somewhere”. Songs that really melt in the mouth. The trio operates with the utmost agility, full of ideas, multi-faceted, atmospheric and tight. Isaacs’ piano runs never break down, his long,suspenseful lines, lavish creativity, the spotlessness in the realisation of the conceptual thoughts, the brilliant interaction of all concerned, all this makes this live CD a total jazz experience, even if one wasn’t in the audience on that given night.
JAZZ PODIUM Stuttgart, Germany