| JAZZ PIANIST | Steve Plews has recorded and toured extensively as a leader of ensembles that feature his lyrical jazz piano playing.
In 1994 Steve recorded the trio album Secret Spaces with Trevor Tomkins and Jeff Clyne. Derek Ansell wrote in Jazz Journal that "A primary influence on Mr. Plews would seem to be the early Bill Evans trio from 1961 but he is expanding the format with his own idiosyncratic methods of writing and performing." Listen to an extract from Steve's solo playing on Pavanne for JW below:
Featuring Roberto Bellatalla on double bass and Bill Eyden on drums, this extract from Our Mates Revisited (on the CD Extracts From Infinity) demonstrates Steve's playing in 'swing, no changes' mode:
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