It includes seven of Kimbrough's original tunes, with Kurt Weill's 'Trouble Man', John Lewis' 'Afternoon in Paris', and the Rodgers and Hart standard 'it Never Entered My Mind' rounding out the program. QUARTET, Frank's latest CD on the Palmetto label, features Steve Wilson on alto and soprano saxophones, Jay Anderson on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. Frank is joined here by tenor saxophonist Andrew Zimmerman, trumpeter Riley Mulherker, bassist Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, and drummer R.J. It features a program of Kimbrough originals and tunes by Kurt Weill, Andrew Hill, and Harold Arlen. Frank is honored to have this recording released as the first of Newvelle's projects. Newvelle is a new, audiophile LP-only label based in France, and is the brainchild of pianist/composer/producer Elan Mehler, who was a student of Kimbrough's in the late '90's. In February 2016, Frank's first LP, Meantime was released by the Newvelle label.

It features his trio with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Jeff Hirshfield, with compositions by Annette Peacock, Paul Motian, Andrew Hill, George Gershwin, Maryanne de Prophetis, Maria Schneider, Carla Bley, and one new original. In November 2016, Solstice, Frank's debut on the Pirouet label will be released. Frank’s playing has been recognized by his inclusion in the Downbeat Critics Poll each year since 2001, and his recordings are often included in jazz critics' year's-end top-ten lists. He continues to perform solo concerts and with his trio, and is otherwise in demand as a sideman. Frank was a founding member and composer-in-residence of the Jazz Composers Collective (1992 - 2005), and played in nearly twenty of its associated groups. He has recorded as a leader for Pirouet, Newvelle, Palmetto, OmniTone, Soul Note, Igmod, and Mapleshade.

Pianist/composer Frank Kimbrough has been active on the New York jazz scene for 35 years.

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