It does not take long when listening to this remarkable debut album from pianist Eddie Gripper that you realise here is something quite special. A set of all original compositions that do not all swing in the conventional sense but have their own internal rhythmic logic and flow that is most compelling. Gripper’s melodic compositions have an easy charm about them that demand repeated listening. Sometimes to confirm that yes, you have just heard that correctly and just where did that phrase come from? Or simply because the music is that good. With Eddie Gripper on piano, Ursula Harrison on double bass and Patrick Barrett-Donlon on drums.
“A sensitive pianist of the Bill Evans school of less is more, his minimalist interpretations of his own compositions are quite beautiful… A nice album and well worth sounding out in real/cyberspace. In fact, it’s lovely.” Lance Liddle (Bebop Spoken Here)
