Russ Lossing - Mood Suite

To quote from an article of Village Voice, pianist Russ Lossing is a gripping improviser, pulling ideas out of the air and nudging them into the action at hand as if they always belonged there. Here the improviser/composer Lossing devotes the whole album to a collection of new original compositions to create a powerfully impressive suite.

Russ Lossing, a talented pianist who has been active professionally for over three decades, found it easy to generate some fresh approaches to playing standards and time-tested jazz compositions, given his track record on earlier smallgroup record dates. - Ken Dryden, The New York City Jazz Record on 'Changes' (SCCD31863)

Here's some nourishing refreshment, and it comes from a piano, bass and drums trio which, while working broadly within a continuum defined by Paul Bley and Bill Evans, carves out distinctive territory of its own. - Nic Jones, Jazz Journal on 'Changes'

Personnel: Russ Lossing (piano), Mark Helias (bass), Eric Mcpherson (drums)