Chad Taylor Trio
The Reel
2022 - Astral Spirits: AS223
https://www.astralspiritsrecords.com/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reel
https://aschadtaylortrio.bandcamp.com/album/the-reel

* Brian Settles : tenor saxophone
* Neil Podgurski: piano
* Chad Taylor   : drums

https://www.briansettles.com/
https://www.neilpodgurski.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Taylor_(drummer)

Recorded by David Stoller at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio,
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA,
on May 9th and June 24th, 2022.

Reviews
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By Peter Margasak
https://thequietus.com/articles/32122-mali-obomsawin-john-escreet-trio-angelica-sanchez-trio

It’s beyond question that Philadelphia drummer Chad Taylor is one of the
greatest sidemen in jazz, a percussionist whose confidence, invention, and
sense of space has elevated the music of countless bands in all kinds of
ways. Whether playing alongside cornetist Rob Mazurek, bassist Luke Stewart, or
saxophonist James Brandon Lewis – to name just a few recent examples – his
perfectly pitched presence provides propulsion that feels so innate you might
hardly notice his particular genius. I can’t think of anyone that knows how to
transform a snare rim into such potent grooves. Of course, there’s much more to
Taylor’s work, and the second album by his trio with pianist Neil Podgurski and
saxophonist Brian Settles reinforces his abilities as a composer and
bandleader, where his weighty, expansive command of his full kit has no problem
making up for the lack of a bassist. All of the musicians contribute elegant
tunes, whether soulfully tender balladry or knotty, emotionally turbulent
post-bop themes that echo the two Andrew Hill compositions the trio
tackles. Taylor’s ‘Julian’s Groove’ spins off of an intensely slaloming unison
melody voiced by Settles and Podgurski, but it never surrenders the clattery
rhythm Taylor uses to hold the entire excursion together – except when he
transforms those patterns into a fantastic solo – somehow melding post bop with
a vaguely Cuban montuno pattern on piano. As if we needed more proof of
Taylor’s innate musicality, here it is.

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By Troy Collins
https://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD82/PoD82MoreMoments5.html

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/chad-taylor-trio-the-reel-album-review

By Eyal Hareuveni
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/chad-taylor-trio-feat-brian-settles-neil-podgurski/

By Daniel Margolis
https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/the-reel