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Dan Haerle: Standard Procedure

Read "Standard Procedure" reviewed by Jack Bowers


According to a press release accompanying this new album from BluJazz, the three musicians who perform therein are “living legends. Well, I wouldn't know about that, but they are pretty darn good. Pianist Dan Haerle, the group's nominal leader, plays marvelously, but no more so than bassist Bob Bowman or drummer Jack Mouse, whose decorous backdrops astutely complement Haerle's beguiling soundscapes.

Haerle, a professor in the Jazz Studies department at the University of North Texas for 25 years, has toured ...

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Dan Haerle: Standard Procedure

Read "Standard Procedure" reviewed by Eric J. Iannelli


For his debut recording on Blujazz, veteran pianist and erstwhile jazz professor Dan Haerle has taken a safe but not altogether predictable tack, opting for a set of back-to-back familiar standards that lend the album its title.

“Body and Soul" gets a fresh intro of leaps and cascades. Haerle maintains this technique to greater and lesser degrees throughout; joined (as on his previous album, 1999's The Truth of the Matter) by lush-toned bassist Bob Bowman and drummer Jack Mouse, he ...

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