Rick Germanson: Any Thoughts?

Germanson got the inspiration to write this crisp little tune from his time as a sideman for Pat Martino; he heard lower register chordal voicings regularly from gigs with the guitar legend. Sure enough, the chords hewn closer to the left side of the piano than the right, and the motif is a little dark and enigmatic. Hayes, whose sure and steady swing kept Cannonball on time some forty years ago, lives up to own legend, supplying the power behind Germanson sinewy yet eloquent right hand cogitations.

Rounded out by Cannons businesslike bass, Any Thoughts? causes me think that Germansons trio is a cohesive and articulate group that makes listening to this straight-ahead piano jazz a gratifying experience.