Product Review

Pianist David Hazeltine puts his arranger's touch to brilliant use on this album of Modern Standards: great songs that became popular in the 60's & 70's. Hazeltine and his first rate rhythm mates David Williams and Joe Farnsworth bring a fresh approach to pop tunes like "How Deep is Your Love" (Barry Gibb), "Yesterday" (Lennon & McCartney), "A House is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach) and "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein). These widely popular songs, presented in relaxed, easy-going (yet always swinging) arrangements, make this an album that will bring a wider range of music fans to the music of the man piano great Cedar Walton called "for sure the brightest star on the jazz piano horizon."