Steve Kuhn - Remembering Tomorrow (1996)

Tracklist

01. The Rain Forest - 04:04
02. Oceans In The Sky - 07:58
03. Lullaby - 04:52
04. Trance - 08:03
05. Life's Backward Glance - 05:15
06. All The Rest Is The Same - 07:37
07. Emmanuel - 05:07
08. Remembering Tomorrow - 07:55
09. The Feeling Within - 06:02
10. Bittersweet Passages - 04:48
11. Silver - 06:53

personnel :

Steve Kuhn: piano
David Finck: double-bass
Joey Baron: drums


In a blindfold test it would be easy to identify pianist Steve Kuhn's CD as a stereotypical ECM recording. With its emphasis on space, rather slow development and occasional repetition, the performances of Kuhn, bassist David Finck and drummer Joey Baron (all but one of the 11 pieces are Kuhn originals) only occasionally rise above the level of background music. There are some heated moments on the sixth song ("All the Rest Is the Same") and the tenth ("Bittersweet Passages") but most of this set is rather sleepy and melancholy, not living up to the potential of these talented musicians. ~ Scott Yanow