Charles Eubanks

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Charles Eubanks: Birds of Bagdad

Read "Birds of Bagdad" reviewed by Andrew Rowan

by Andrew Rowan
November 6, 2004

The art of solo piano has always been one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors in jazz. The piano is a symphony and, in the hands of the skilled player, possessed with imagination and nerve, it can be breathtaking. Into this tradition steps Charles Eubanks and he acquits himself well. Takes 3 and 4 of “Landscape," with its echoes of Dizzy Gillespie's “Con Alma," bookend this recording. The suite “Making Overtures" follows. Ruminative in its opening movement, ...

Album Review

Charles Eubanks: New Beginnings

Read "New Beginnings" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
March 1, 2002

In the expanding CIMP canon piano recordings are comparatively small in number. The cramped size and nature of the Spirit Room makes the presence of a piano problematic. To accommodate the small number of sessions where the instrument is essential Bob Rusch commonly rents space in a nearby recital hall. The change of locale necessarily creates a challenge for engineer Marc Rusch and this solo program by Charles Eubanks stands as no exception. Fortunately the younger Rusch brings his studio ...