Paul Bedal Solo Piano, July 2020 – Chicago, Illinois

Finding an original pianist who can front a jazz trio and not sound like myriad others is a daunting task. How many jazz pianists have a fresh voice? Well, Reggie Thomas does. His soulful, hard-swinging brand of piano immediately grabs the listener, imparting joy and a positive energy. Ballads? Yes, he also plays those flawlessly and does so in in this outing. Joining Mr. Thomas is a veteran rhythm section with Dennis Carrol on bass and George Fludas on drums. Dennis and George both support and complement Reggie’s piano artistry with excursions of their own. The result is a masterful trio creating exquisite music. The performance was captured with the finest custom (tube) and vintage microphones including a pair of legendary cardiod AKG 414 EB’s on piano, two AKG ULS’s on drums and a single AKG ULS on bass, directly to a highly modified Studer/Revox 8-track master recorder. The result is an audio and musical gem.

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Paul Bedal Solo Piano, July 2020 – Chicago, Illinois

Paul Bedal is a pianist and composer based in Chicago who earned his Bachelor of Music in studio music and jazz performance at the University of Miami and his MFA in Film Composition from Columbia College Chicago. In this performance we find him playing solo piano, focused on classic, gorgeous tunes such as Someone To Watch Over Me, In A New York State Of Mind, Memories Of You, etc. Paul extracts the beauty and depth of each song with a tempered, sophisticated and personal style which is easy to listen to, but which is at the same time engaging, moving and thoughtful. Recorded using only two AKG 451 EB microphones and the legendary EMT 140 stereo plate reverb straight to a two-track MCI JH110c Mara tape recorder, the result is gorgeous sound; intimate, yet open, worthy of the artistry displayed by Paul. Engineering by Anthony Gravino of High Cross Sound.