The Palomar Trio • The Song In Our Soul

Of the numerous Turtle Bay releases this one will especially resonate with TST readers. Not trying to be hip or current, these are men with a heartfelt dedication to the early jazz period and are substantially into careers dedicated to exploring it. Dan Levinson, reeds; Mark Shane, piano; and Kevin Dorn, drums; each have taken inspiration from their counterpart in the Benny Goodman Trio, but they have also taken inspiration from each other over the 25 years sharing a stage in this trio, and even farther back. That deep mutual respect is what permeates this record. “In his company, playing music felt effortless” Levinson says of starting to perform with Shane. He also calls this group his Desert Island Trio, as in the guys he would take with him to pass time on a lonely beach. For his part Shane says “There is a center of deep swing inside me which emerges every time I play with Dan and Kevin.” Dorn, in his section of the notes, points out all the other trios with this instrumentation that have inspired him beyond Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa. He lists trios from Bud Freeman, Jess Stacy, and George Wettling to Scott Hamilton with Dave McKenna and Jake Hanna, saying the thing that unites each trio was that at their best they were three men playing as one person. He rightly sees The Palomar Trio the same way, they have a united flow, a unique voice. In a world wh