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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
<DT>Rufus Reid - bass
<DT>Dick Berk - drums 
My Romance
 
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 <LI>Dream Dancing
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 <LI>Yours Is My Heart Alone
 <LI>But Beautiful
 <LI>Be My Love
<LI>I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My
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<LI>My Romance
<LI>If You Never Come To Me
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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
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The Classics
 
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 <LI>Very Early
<LI>Ecorah
 <LI>Don't Misunderstand <A HREF="sound/dont.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
<DT>Rufus Reid - bass
<DT>Victor Lewis - drums 
Full Circle
 
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 <LI>Round Up The Usual Suspects <A HREF="sound/roundup.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
 <LI>Night And Day <A HREF="sound/nightday.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
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 <LI>For All We Know<A HREF="sound/forallweknow.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
 <LI>From Now On
<LI>Full Circle
<LI>Stolen Moments
 <LI>Falling In Love With Love
 <LI>Lament
 <LI>I Should Care
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JON MAYER TRIO 
FULL CIRCLE 
(Reservoir / RSR CD 169) ***1/2

It's an an utter mystery why Mayer, 63, has not had a more visible career -- even though the pianist has recorded or performed with everyone from Jackie McLean and John Coltrane to Chet Baker and Freddie Hubbard. A consistently inventive player with a rich harmonic imagination and an innately upbeat sense of swing, he is always a pleasure to hear. On this album, perhaps because he was stimulated by recording in the energetic surroundings of his native New York City with bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Victor Lewis, he plays with even more density and texture than his local gigs.


The album is filled with lofty achievements, among them a beautifully harmonized rendering of "Stolen Moments" and a pensive version of J.J. Johnson's "Lament". In a more upbeat vein, there are highly energetic, rhythmically in-the-pocket romps through "Night and Day" and "Falling in Love." Here too, echoes of Bill Evans are heard, especially in Mayer's loose, swinging rendering of "I Should Care." In this case, however, the association is not surprising, since Evans and Mayer were in New York in the late '50s, exploring similar musical territory, with Mayer eventually replacing Evans in the Tony Scott Quartet. 

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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
<DT>Bob Maize - bass
<DT>Harold Mason - drums 
Live At The Jazz Bakery
 
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 <LI>Embraceable You
 <LI>Rip Van Winkle
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<LI>If You Could See Me Now
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JON MAYER TRIO 
RIP VAN WINKLE Live at The Jazz Bakery 
(Fresh Sound / FSR 5027)

Jon Mayer first gained some recognition during the second half of the 1950s when he was part of the New York jazz scene and recorded with Jackie McLean and John Coltrane. Although fame eluded him, the bop based pianist kept on working through the decades including a year (1967-68) with Sarah Vaughan, he had some success as a pop songwriter in the 1970s and he toured with the Manhattan Transfer. A period in the 1980s outside of music preceded his move in 1991 to Los Angeles.

Since relocating to L.A., Mayer has become a regular in the top jazz clubs and recorded several albums as a leader of which Rip Van Winkle is his third. The pianist has grown quite a bit as a player during the past decade and is currently at the peak of his powers. On this CD, recorded live at the Jazz Bakery on Nov. 25, 1998, Mayer is joined by bassist Bob Maize and drummer Harold Mason. Much of the repertoire (which includes "On Green Dolphin Street","Stella By Starlight" and "If You Could See Me Now") has certainly been performed countless number of times by jazz musicians but Mayer's variations make the songs sound fresh and new. His unaccompanied piano feature on "Embraceable You" is a highlight, he romps through Kenny Barron's "Tragic Magic" (which deserves to be a standard) and introduces two originals of his own: "Shari's Bolero" and "Rip Van Winkle." Throughout the set Mayer revitalizes the jazz tradition by infusing the music with his own personality and subtle but inventive ideas.


This swinging yet thoughtful recital is highly recommended, as are Mayer's previous sets: Round Up the Usual Suspects (Pullen) and Do It Like This (A Records).</p?


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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
<DT>Bob Maize - bass
<DT>Harold Mason - drums 
With Special Guest Ernie Watts
 
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<LI>Azul Serape <A HREF="sound/ar-azulserape.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
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 <LI>Like Someone in Love
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 <LI>Randy's Tune
 <LI>Do It Like This <A HREF="sound/ar-doitlikethis.rm"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
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JON MAYER TRIO 
DO IT LIKE THIS 
(A-Records / AL 73129)

From the first note of this fine CD it's clear that as a
 pianist Jon Mayer's technique and sensibilities were
 forged within the great tradition of his acknowledged
 influences - chiefly, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, and
 Kenny Barron. At the same time Mayer cannot be
 pigeonholed easily. He can show the drive of Kelly and
 the gloss of Garland, yes, but after all, Mayer himself
 was recording in the Fifties with John Coltrane and
 Jackie McLean, so he is more of a colleague than a
 disciple of those two great pianists; and his own unique
 voice is clear throughout this disc.


On this disc are four Mayer originals, one by Watts, and
 four by others, including the standards "If I Should
 Lose You" and "Like Someone in Love," plus Horace
 Silver's wonderful "Out of the Night Came You." Victor
 Feldman's "Azul Serape" kicks it all off brightly,
 displaying Mayer's fleetness and fluency and the
 carefree simpatico he enjoys with bassist Bob Maize and
 drummer Harold Mason. The only problem is that with
 Mayer in mid-flight, this track fades out abruptly.
 ("Live music is best - bumper stickers should be
 issued." -Neil Young)


Monster tenorman Ernie Watts appears on the scene for
 his own "Lonely Hearts," giving Mayer a chance to
 demonstrate his generosity and sensitivity as an
 accompanist. He allows Watts to take center stage and
 provides a low-key palette for the reedman to stretch
 out a bit. Mayer's own stretching comes on his
 originals: the smoky "Shari's Bolero," where Watts shows
 his gentle side, includes a tremendous solo by Mayer.
 Focused on the right hand and returning here and there
 to hornlike lines, Mayer paints a picture of smoldering
 passion with effortlessness and surety.

 "Randy's Tune," on the other hand, jumps out with a
 recurring three-note left-hand power figure that recalls
 Mal Waldron; Mayer quickly weaves in more genial
 material, but this one is still an engaging example of
 his high-speed mastery - was it playing like this that
 made Trane see in Mayer something of what he ultimately
 found in McCoy Tyner? Or perhaps it was the searching
 inventiveness and uncompromising beauty of Mayer's
 darker-edged "Ballad for Trane," a piece that only
 slightly recalls Coltrane or Tyner audibly, but which
 pays them the tribute of emotional depth, shifting moods
 and unsparing honesty.



Mayer is clearly a top-flight pianist whose "Rip Van
 Winkle" reappearance after a long silence is welcome for
 a number of reasons: his perseverance is inspiring, his
 piano playing is cheering, his music is great.
 Recommended.


 by Robert Spencer / <A HREF="http://www.allaboutjazz.com">All About Jazz</A></TD>
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<DT>Jon Mayer - piano
<DT>Ron Carter - bass
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 <LI>Red Top  <A HREF="sound/ru-redtop.ram"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
 <LI>When I Fall In Love
<LI>Round Up The Usual Suspects <A HREF="sound/ru-ru.rm"><IMG SRC="images/audio.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=12 BORDER=0></A>
 <LI>Because I Love You
<LI>This Is All I Ask
 <LI>Speak Low
 <LI>Nica's Tempo
 <LI>This Heart of Mine
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JON MAYER TRIO 
Round Up The Usual Suspects 
(Pullen Music / PULL-2240)

It seems strange considering his
talent and accomplishments that pianist
Jon Mayer is not better-known. He
recorded with Jackie McLean and John
Coltrane.during 1957-58, played in Paris
with Chet Baker, later performed
regularly with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis
big band, Sarah Vaughan and the Manhattan Transfer (among others) and
recently has been playing with Les
McCann's Magic Band. Now finally
Mayer has gotten the opportunity to
record as a leader.

For this session, the hard bop-based
pianist enlisted a pair of notable players
to complete his trio: bassist Ron Carter
and drummer Billy Higgins. Mayer performs his original title tune (a medium-
tempo blues) plus Tom Harrell's
"Because I Love You" and eight superior
standards. the interplay between
musicians is quite impressive, the music
always swings (even on the slower tempos) and Mayer holds his own with his
famous sidemen on a set including such
tunes as <A HREF="sound/souleyes.ram">"Soul Eyes,"</A> "When I Fall In
Love" and ;'Speak Low."

This is an impressive effort, making
one look forward to Jon Mayer's future
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