Some albums have a long history. “The Winds of Change” (Mack Avenue) by Billy Childs, for example, which shows not only how perfect his piano playing has become, but also how a childhood and youth in Los Angeles can shape a composer well into his prime. After all, Hollywood was just around the corner, so the influence of great film composers such as Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini and Michel Legrand was at least as important for him as a jazz musician as that of McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. The album is also a prime example of how directly the line runs from the Be Bop of early modernity to the Post Bop of the present, and what has happened there.
Jazz pianist Billy Childs’ new album:Sum of a Life – Culture
