Pianist Charlap is one of the finest accompanists a jazz singer could want, as he demonstrated last year in an intimate concert — well, more musical conversation — with the magical Dee Dee Bridgewater at Hopkins Center for the Arts and on his 2015 Grammy-winning collaboration with the incomparable Tony Bennett, “The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern.” Charlap also is a masterful leader of his own rewarding instrumental ensemble, featuring bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington (they’re not related). They’ll be playing selections from their 2021 release, “Street of Dreams,” and the other 10 albums they’ve made since 1997. (STAR TRIBUNE)
Bill Charlap Trio
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