David Gordon Trio - Pachyderm (2022)

David Gordon is very much a ‘Renaissance Man’. He’s an extremely accomplished pianist and also plays a variety of other keyboard based instruments, including the accordion.

Classically trained on both piano and harpsichord the highly adaptable Gordon divides his time between the worlds of classical, jazz and tango and commands considerable respect within each of his chosen fields. Frequently there’s a degree of intersection as in the group Respectable Groove, a kind of cross between an early music ensemble and a jazz group with Gordon playing harpsichord. He’s also got degrees in mathematics and logic - this is one very clever guy.

He’s also one of the few nationally known jazz musicians to have performed in my home town of Leominster, once with his trio and once with the tango/gypsy group Zum. I’ve also seen him play elsewhere as a member of bands led by violinist Christian Garrick and saxophonist Theo Travis.

Gordon has a number of other projects on the go, including a collaboration with vocalist Jacqui Dankworth. Other projects with which he has been involved include the London Tango Quintet, the baroque ensemble L’Avventura London, Blurred Lines with violinist David Le Page and the RipRap Quartet, a jazz and poetry project led by the Australian saxophonist Kevin Flanagan. He has also been part of Sacre, a two piano project with John Law.