Standards begins with “Old Folks” and “Just in Time,” both part of Jarrett/Peacock/ DeJohnnette’s repertoire. Haidu’s trademarks of soulful fluidity and natural melodic intuition are framed by Williams’ nimble bass lines and crisp touch. Haidu takes an interesting perspective though on this group of songs, namely that lost love is at the center of so many of them, citing songs such as ‘“Skylark,” “All the Way” and “I Thought About You.” He can personally relate due to his own recent breakups and the recent loss of his music-loving father. All are ‘standards’ except “Last Dance I” and “Last Dance II,” which Haidu named after a Jarrett recording and composed after that final concert in New Jersey. Many of the tracks on Standards have been recorded by Jarrett’s trio with Peacock and DeJohnette. Not to follow in their footsteps, but to build on my own voice with the trio and these songs.” Perhaps the most important inspiration for SLOWLY and Standards were the many Jarrett performances Haidu and his father were fortunate to attend including their final concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, which he attended. Haidu remembers that at one point Jarrett joked with the audience: “Don’t try this at home.” Thinking back to that night in 2014 Haidu reflects, “I believe I subconsciously took that as a challenge. He became fascinated with blues, R&B and eventually jazz. Moving frequently as a result of his parents’ divorce, music became the one constant in his life. Like Jarrett, Haidu started playing classical piano at a young age. Standards is effectively the sequel to Haidu’s 2021 SLOWLY: Song for Keith Jarrett. Rising star Noah Haidu has now carried that legacy forward with an esteemed trio of his own featuring bassists Buster Williams and Peter Washington, drummer Lewis Nash and guest saxophonist Steve Wilson, who plays on select tracks. The iconic trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, known as the Standards Trio, established the template 40 years ago with their first of 21 albums on standards.
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