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Herman is undeniably informed by many of the usual suspects, ranging from Jarrett to Mehldau.

Still in his mid-twenties, Herman began playing piano at 16, a shift in focus resulting from an unexpected basketball accident that put an end to his sporting aspirations. The sports world’s loss became the music world’s gain when, after only two years of an unorthodox multi-disciplinary teaching method, Herman left to study at the Berklee College of Music. Dissatisfied, Herman left after two months, with a return trip stop-over in Paris turning into an extended stay as Herman quickly established himself as the up-and-coming pianist on the Parisian jazz scene.

A Time for Everything is Herman’s third release as a leader and his first in a trio setting and clearly is not going to be his last. So, what catches your eye? Is that ‘Toxic’ by Britney Spears? Yep and is that Björk’s ‘Army Of Life’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’? Yep and these guys give all a minimal trio format freshness. But best of the lot, The Police’s ‘Message In A Bottle’; after raving about Trickbaby’s cover of ‘True’ (on Chor Bazaar); I’m beginning to get a bit worried they I’ll be tuning into HeartFM (or whatever the equivalent is these days).

Perhaps that’s the point of A Time For Everything as they throw in a couple of standards, a bit of classical and a handful of Herman originals. In comparison with Robert Glasper’s In My Element or Robert Mitchell’s Trio The Greater Good, Herman’s trio are the more populist of the three - but there’s nothing wrong with that as there is A Time For Everything?

Reviewed: Yaron Herman Trio - A Time For Everything (Laboire) Release date: 23rd October 2008 Yaron Herman (piano) Matt Brewer (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums)
Tracklisting
1. Army Of Life (6:05)
2. Stompin (3:42)
3. Layla Layla (5:25)
4. Interlude (1:10)
5. Toxic (4:30)
6. Neshima (5:19)
7. Paluszki (5:22)
8. Prelude No.2 In B Flat Major, Opus 35 (2:34)
9. Message In A Bottle (4:46)
10. MMM (6:05)
11. Monkey Paradise (3:55)
12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (5:33)
13. El Toro (3:27)
14. Hallelujah (7:45)

Links:
www.yaron-herman.com