Leslie Pintchik, In the Nature of Things (Pintch Hard Records)
A Review

The press release says that pianist/composer Leslie Pintchik did something else before she turned to music as a career. I’m sure that’s true, but before she did that something else, she must have lived through three or four past lives in musical surroundings. How else explain the piercing intelligence behind her musical conceptions, the muscular grace of her playing, and her supple emotional
expression?

On her latest release, In the Nature of Things (Pintch Hard Records), it’s all on display, and she gets exceptional support from her band mates: Steve Wilson (alto and soprano sax), Ron Horton (trumpet and flugelhorn), Scott Hardy (bass), Michael Sarin (drums), and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion). Continue reading →