New York pianist Peter Delano thrived in the nineties...a leader of the pack, a photogenic child prodigy, an impossible teenage amalgam of McCoy Tyners chordal power, Bud Powells linear luminosity, and Keith Jarretts pianistic poetry. A student of Red Rodneys pianist Gary Dial, Delano performed and recorded with the likes of Michael Brecker, Gary Bartz, and Lewis Nash, and burst on the scene with his self-titled 1993 Verve debut, at the age of seventeen, followed by his 1994 Polygram release Bite of the Apple. He enrolled at Columbia University, but tragically, suffered a debilitating back injury that forced him to stop playing, until he resumed his career in 2007.
For Dewey - recorded in 1996 and released on Sunnyside for the first time ever is a posthumous tribute to the late great tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, with Danish drummer Anders Hentze and bassist Doug Weiss. As Ira Gitler wrote in his liner notes, Peter continued to fulfill his great promise with his 94 release, Bite of the Apple. What is now For Dewey was to be his third CD. It didnt make it to the public because Peter began to matriculate at Columbia University. He wasnt available to tour in support (as they say) of his recordings and labels want their artists to be visible. For Dewey was yet another forward step. The originals reflect a still-growing Peter, as do his interpretations of the three standards. Redman is a presence on three of the five originals and there is magic in the interaction of the two principals.
For Dewey represents for Peter Delano not only a return to the world of recorded music; it also marks the re-emergence of a shining star in a galaxy of jazz talents.
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