Drummer and Denver native Colin Stranahan, the son of a jazz educator,
has been seriously swinging since his startling 2004 debut, Dream Untold, recorded when he was 17 years old. On Anticipation, he
joins with pianist Glenn Zaleski and bassist Rick Rosato for a program
of modern swinging piano jazz marked by sophisticated harmonies, hip
time displacement, and metric modulation on the kit. Their radical
reimaginings of “All the Things You Are” and “I Should Care” show the
cohesion of this renegade unit, while their faithful rendition of
“Boplicity,” underscored by Stranahan’s supple brushwork, reveals a
reverence for the tradition. Other highlights include Zaleski’s jaunty
and angular Monk-meets-Brubeck number “On the Road;” Rosato’s intricate,
rhythmically shifting “Origami;” and Stranahan’s gorgeous, Zen-like
“First Rain,” which finds him deftly playing textural colorist with
brushes. Reviewed by, Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes.com. (March 2012) Capri
