Ted Rosenthal’s The Good Old Days is built around a mix of early-jazz source material and new pieces written in conversation with that era. Most of the program is original, with Rosenthal’s writing shaped by ragtime, stride, swing, and pre-bop language. At the same time, the remaining selections draw from composers including Cole Porter, Hoagy […]
Ted Rosenthal’s The Good Old Days is built around a mix of early-jazz source material and new pieces written in conversation with that era. Most of the program is original, with Rosenthal’s writing shaped by ragtime, stride, swing, and pre-bop language. At the same time, the remaining selections draw from composers including Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Vernon Duke and Scott Joplin. The album features Rosenthal on piano with Martin Wind on acoustic bass, Noriko Ueda on bass, Tim Horner on drums and Quincy Davis on drums, plus guest clarinetist Ken Peplowski on two selections. Rather than presenting a straight period piece, the recording uses older forms as a framework for Rosenthal’s own writing and trio interplay, giving the album the character of a thoughtful look back through material that still has movement, humor, and rhythmic life.
