New York Standards Quartet - Unstandard (2011)

Pianist David Berkman leads this All-Star quartet presenting an original, inventive, and funny approach to standards like Stella By Starlight and All The Things You Are. Joined by Tim Armacost (sax & flute), Yosuke Inoue (bass) and Gene Jackson (drums), the collective mission is playing jazz standards in their own way. It all comes to PLAYING the well-known tunes and what the musicians do with it. It is not about the tunes specifically. The New York Standards Quartet is a band of friends that have been working together since 2005. They have released one other recording, Live in Tokyo recorded at an NHK radio broadcast during their Japanese tour of 2006 and have toured and performed at concert venues, clubs and universities in Japan, the United States and Europe.

Tracklist:

01. How High The Moon - 8:19
02. Polka Beamlet #1 - 1:01
03. All The Things You Are - 5:02
04. Polka Beamlet #2 - 0:49
05. Stablemates - 7:10
06. But Beautiful - 4:20
07. Lunar - 6:51
08. Interplay - 5:51
09. Two Meetings - 2:10
10. They Ballet Girl Stirs (by Starlight) - 6:26
11. After Thought - 0:37
12. Summer Night - 6:25
13. Polka Beamlet #3 - 0:54