Jeremy Ledbetter

And I just think it's totally awesome.

This crew featuring, obviously, Larnell, Joy Lapse on steel pan, myself on trumpet, Rob Christian on tenor saxophone, Rich Brown on bass, Jeremy Ledbetter on piano, and I believe...

I believe it's Chandelion or Roshane Wright on percussion.

It's been such a beautiful experience making music with all of them because in a lot of ways, they totally saved me.

He is definitely not Ahmad Jamal.

He has the sounds and style of Jeremy Ledbetter.

He does have some Brad Muldow to him.

But I think that his relaxed style of playing is something that we don't hear a lot.

So I've appreciated a little bit more, which is how I got through so much Danello.

One of the albums that I didn't mention, of course, after finishing up the episode, I did this, and you mentioned Gravity last week.

Jeremy Ledbetter Gravity.

So, of course, I put that in right away.

I was too scared to write to her.

And maybe this is a good place to bring up Jeremy Ledbetter, the incredible Jeremy Ledbetter, Canadian piano player and composer, who co-produced this whole record with me and just has been an incredible mentor and resource through this whole journey to me.

I brought it to Jeremy and I was like, hey,

Ingrid had liked this song and I wonder if I could ask her if she'd be into recording it.

It's a pop band that improvises a lot without vocals is how the, uh, founder describes Snarky Puck- Puppy

And a Canadian version of this kind of stuff is Jeremy Ledbetter's Trio.

So it's, it's wonderful stuff.

Good.

This one won the Juno Award, Canada's equivalent to the Grammys, for Best Jazz Group of 2024.

A pianist named Jeremy Ledbetter and his amazing trio with electric bassist Rich Brown and drummer Lornell Lewis.

The album's called Gravity.

Here's the opening track, Flight.

Flight.

Thank you.

Jeremy Ledbetter Trio.

Time for one more.