Lisa Hilton - Sunny Day Theory (CD)

"A top notch piano player (Lisa Hilton) with a touch mixed with a set of chops that rivals anything Brad Mehldau has put out in his much heralded career. Sunny Day Theory includes the formidable collective forces of drummer Lewis Nash, bassist Larry Grenadier, and tenor saxophonist Brice Winston for an exquisite set of originals and clever covers." All About Jazz

"Lisa Hilton is an unpretentious, understated pianist with a flare for groove and feel. She is a prolific composer whose original compositions create moods and atmospheres that take the listener on a journey. Along for the ride on Sunny Day Theory, her latest release, are drummer Lewis Nash, saxophonist Brice Winston, and Bassist Larry Grenadier. These men lend their considerable musical talents to a song cycle that is as much about following Hilton through a soundscape of moods as it is about the individual character of each tune. Hilton doesn t fill each track with endless improvisations. Rather, the sets the mood and character of each piece and then gently walks through that world for a few minutes. There is something quite refreshing about this approach to a modern jazz recording." NY Jazz Improv

"This beauteous Californian pianist has some of the better friends you can have in jazz these days. She has the potential to be almost as hugely popular a jazz pianist as, say, Diana Krall is a singer/pianist. And, of course, blonde beauty is by no means incidental to it." Buffalo News

TRACK LISTING:
1 Heat Wave
2 Melt Down
3 So Blue
4 Ladies of the Canyon/Joni Mitchell
5 After the Fire
6 Sunny Day Theory
7 Skylark/Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer
8 So This Is Love
9 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?/Pete Seeger
10 Malibu Morning
11 Sunset on the Beach
12 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy/Joe Zawinul