Triptych Myth : Cooper-Moore / Tom Abbs / Chad Taylor – The Beautiful

The Beautiful by Triptych Myth : Cooper-Moore / Tom Abbs / Chad Taylor The Beautiful by Triptych Myth : Cooper-Moore / Tom Abbs / Chad Taylor  [AUM035] - CD in deluxe 6-panel digipak Cooper-Moore: piano Tom Abbs: bass Chad Taylor: drums "As a master of several homemade instruments, Cooper-Moore’s piano work is often overshadowed on his recordings, but in the context of Triptych Myth, it’s given the exclusivity that it deserves. Though it’s impossible—and irrelevant—to pin down specific influences, the ghosts of Herbie Nichols and early Cecil Taylor hover over the group’s second full-length recording, one that expands upon the promise of its debut in terms of both musicianship and sonic fidelity. Indeed, The Beautiful is so aptly titled, it’s difficult to tell whether it’s meant as a gesture of tremendous understatement or simply plainspoken truth; either way, in a surprisingly good year for piano trios, it still towers above its peers as a definitive treatise on the subject." –