Don Sickler: The school year is upon us again, a perfect time to celebrate the anniversary of the first recording of then 17- year-old pianist and composer, Geoffrey Keezer. For me, this album still stands as a great album by an already mature pianist/composer. I've been blessed to know Geoffrey since his arrival in NYC when he was introduced to me by his mentor James Williams. When Geoffrey was coming up, established leaders such as Art Blakey, Art Farmer and Ray Brown were still on the scene; it was great to see Geoffrey get to take full advantage of playing and recording in their groups, also contributing original compositions and arrangements to their repertoires.
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