Dreaming

An unforgettable all-night session...

     

"Jerry, Darek and I had a steady gig for a year before I booked the session that comprises most of DREAMING. We had great communication in that group and I wanted to document some of those moments on tape. We recorded "live to two track" one night a few days after my son's birth. It seemed like a door opened as we played. The music felt fluid and fluent. I decided to release this session years later because the music still moves me. Three of the tunes come from different sessions, yet felt right for the CD. We had a great time recording this music; may the listening be as rewarding!" Louis Durra - piano Darek Oles - bass Jerry Kalaf - drums with Don Kasper - bass tracks 3 & 5, Trey Henry - bass on track 7. "The great thing about Louis' playing and composing is that his influences never give him away. He never mops the floor with a ballad or pounds the music into submission when he plays bop. He is an elegant, lyrical musician worthy of his own nameplate on the door of Jazz. He has a lot to say, some of it quite funny, which in itself is very, very rare. If there must be blurb: Ahmad Jamal meets Hank Jones meets ...Harpo Marx." -- Matt Aschkynazo, Guitarist