Niels Lan Doky Trio - Here Or There (1986)

This set shows that pianist Niels Lan Doky was an impressive player from the start. Matched with fellow Scandinavian, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, on bass and drummer Alvin Queen, Lan Doky performs five fairly straight-ahead (and inventive) originals, plus "Alone Together." Even at that early point in his career, the pianist was playing in his own modern mainstream voice. Nice music.

Review by Scott Yanow