Name: Too Close for Comfort
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The originals 'Circle of Love', 'This Is My Song' and 'Klimo' showcase Cables' idiomatic versatility in waltzes, disguisedfour bass-hooky vamps, and rattling Latin dances, while the lovely tune... — Jazzwise, August 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th May 2021
Catalogue No: HCD7335
Label: HighNote
Length: 55 minutes

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J. Bock, G.D. Weiss, L. Holofcener: Too Close for Comfort

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George Cables

George Cables: Circle of Love

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George Cables

George Cables: This Is My Song

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George Cables: Klimo

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George Cables

J.F. Coots, S. Lewis: For All We Know

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Tadataka Unno: Crazy Love

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George Cables

Bobby Hutcherson: Roses Poses

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George Cables

Loesser: I've Never Been In Love Before

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Bobby Hutcherson: Teddy

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George Cables

George Cables: A Valentine for You

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George Cables

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George Cables should be declared a National Treasure. As a pianist he is surely second-to-none on today's jazz scene. Listen only to "A Valentine for You" to hear what a jaw-dropping beauty of tone he can produce from the pile of wood and metal we call a piano, and how much critical mass is behind every sonorous voicing of his chords.

As a musician he possesses endless imagination and creativity, shown by his strikingly new takes on tunes we thought we knew, particularly the title track, "Too Close for Comfort," which retains little trace of its pop song origin. As a composer he has quietly amassed a catalogue of works of extremely wide range and extraordinary quality, such as his compositions on this release, "Circle of Love," "This is My Song," "Klimo" and the aforementioned "A Valentine for You."

And finally, the album's cover photo perfectly captures George Cables the man - full of boundless energy, a love of his instrument and the music he makes on it and an impish sense of humour, evidenced by his titling the record Too Close for Comfort during a pandemic where social distancing has become the order of the day. The artist Edward Hopper said, "Great art is the outward expression of an inner life of the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world." That would explain why the world according to George Cables is such a wonderful place to be.

Personnel: George Cables (piano), Essiet Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)

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August 2021

The originals 'Circle of Love', 'This Is My Song' and 'Klimo' showcase Cables' idiomatic versatility in waltzes, disguisedfour bass-hooky vamps, and rattling Latin dances, while the lovely tune of 'For All We Know' constantly glimmers throughout the pianist's tenderly contrapuntal variations, and two Bobby Hutcherson pieces ('Roses Poses' and 'Teddy') highlight his vivacity over Essiet's complementary bounce and Lewis' implacable energy.

October 2021

...as a sideman on Dexter Gordon’s 1977 Sophisticated Giant album (his first session with drummer Victor Lewis, incidentally), he was an Olympian-class bebop pianist. His right hand did all the talking while the left hid in the shadows. He hasn’t lost that. There are such interludes on the present CD, but he connects them in the context of a more orchestrated trio format, where the pianist is the presiding multitasker juggling a procession of rhythmic and harmonic choices.

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