Triptych Myth

So I don't know about y'all, but I'm extremely excited about the new Triptych Myth CD, The Beautiful, out on AUM Fidelity. I've yet to hear the disc, and since the label's been good about getting material to WUOG, I'll wait until then... but after 2003's unbelievable self-titled debut on Hopscotch, it definitely left me wanting more. The trio's comprised of veteran Cooper-Moore on piano whose sudden explosions on the keys are the stuff of jazz legend, the fierce Tom Abbs on bass, and Chicago Underground member Chad Taylor on drums. After his unfortunately forgettable work on Marc Ribot's should-have-been-mind-blowing Spiritual Unity, I'm going to be really glad to hear Chad Taylor working with these folks again. Simply, Triptych Myth is the most exciting (and stable) trio in avant-garde jazz right now... no, in jazz period right now. They swing hard without convention, but can just as easily play on air with the same "hardness." I forsee The Beautiful as a Top Ten without doubt.