Antonio Ciacca - Ugly Beauty
) | Label: Soul Note Catalog: 121326-2 Format: CD CIACCA, ANTONIOA formidable acoustic trio set from the German-born pianist Antonio Ciacca, the 37-year-old who has played for many jazz legends, partnered the late soprano-sax revolutionary Steve Lacy, tours with hard-bop legend Benny Golson and is admired by Wynton Marsalis. Here, Ciacca plays Thelonious Monk's Pannonica with a feathery, unMonkish lightness that sketches in the composer's characteristic angles.  Price: $17.98 |