David Kikoski - Kayemode Condition:New ideas and imagination trumped the

ideas and imagination trumped the run of the mill and the homogenous

and he suggested an album of compositions which comprise narrative or pictorial points of departure rather than abstract theoretical pieces

Zachow's music evidently exploits the untempered tuning and the bright timbres of the instruments of his day

The Circle - Metamorphosis - Composed By - Stanley Robertson

David Kikoski - Kayemode Condition:New ideas and imagination trumped theSince his first appearance on record (Randy Brecker's album, In the Idiom), pianist David Kikoski has demonstrated an infinite capacity to swing, a rare sensitivity as a ballad interpreter and genuine harmonic savvy as a composer. He delivers once again on all counts on Kayemode.