For my fellow jazz junkies! ~Gipsy Dancer~
Reviews:
Pianist Dick Hyman and clarinetist/saxophonist Ken Peplowski both possess virtuosity beyond imagination. In a partnership that spans over 25 years, they've been producing work as technically flawless as it is wildly creative, born of a magical compatibility. Like the marriage of other iconic duos, such as Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt and Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins, Hyman, and Peplowski stimulate each other to exceed the sum of their two parts.
This latest collaboration, Counterpoint: Lerner & Loewe, takes many of the familiar tunes of another splendidly creative duo, Broadway lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, and steers them into new territory beyond stock interpretations.
