Friends of Bill

The only Bill Charlap CD I had before I bought Charlap's "Written in the Stars" wasn't a Bill Charlap CD at all, but a disk with the pianist accompanying trumpeter Brian Lynch, uncreatively titled "Brian Lynch Meets Bill Charlap," Sharp Nine. It's also a standards disk and reminds me of nothing more than the Red Garland trio playing with John Coltrane, minus Coltrane and plus Lynch, which makes for a nice changeup when you want to listen to some good jazz well played but not overly taxing on the brain.