{"title":"Johnny O'Neal","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"johnny-oneal-in-the-moment-cd","title":"Johnny O'Neal - In the Moment CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2740093365\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/johnnyoneal.bandcamp.com\/album\/in-the-moment\"\u003eIn the Moment by Johnny O'Neal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“It’s all on display here: the intricacy and commitment in his pianism, the intimacy and conviction in his voice. Yes, O’Neal can seemingly mold anything—he does the Stylistics, Henry Mancini, Kern-Hammerstein, and Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire in this live-in-studio set—and his own tunes too.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Jeff Tamarkin, JazzTimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Critics and peers acknowledge Mr. O’Neal as perhaps the leading exponent of mid-20th-century jazz piano technique. ‘He’s a very special cat,’ said the pianist Barry Harris, a bebop luminary who mentored Mr. O’Neal in the 1970s and ’80s. ‘If ever somebody sounded like Art Tatum, it’s him. He’s got it all.'”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhile every great jazz musician knows the value of spontaneity, few understand the true value of being in the moment quite like Johnny O’Neal. He was a rising star in the early 1980s before a severe mugging forced him to leave New York in 1986. He made a celebrated return to the Big Apple in 2010, however, and his life has been on the upswing since, fulfilling that long-promised star status at the age of 60. IN THE MOMENT, his most vivid recording to date fully captures the elegant pianism and emotionally gripping voice that has made him such a beloved fixture on the NYC jazz scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe album features bassist Ben Rubens and drummer Itay Morchi, who are O’Neal’s regular working trio. The weightless swing and easy but deeply felt interplay the three share reveal the benefits of their regular residencies four and five nights a week, including every Saturday at Smoke Jazz \u0026amp; Supper Club. The biggest names in jazz make a point of stopping by to hear O’Neal, and there’s no telling who might sit in during his sets on any given week. True to that policy, two very special guests dropped by the studio for this session—trumpet great Roy Hargrove and tenor-man Grant Stewart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe wide-ranging repertoire they perform provides a cross-section of the hundreds of pieces that make up the O’Neal Trio’s ever-changing book. The material ranges from blues to straight-ahead to post-bop to pop tunes to ballads, each one fully explored and deftly illuminated by O’Neal and his electrifying bandmates. Unlike most of his past recordings, it shows off several of O’Neal’s own compositions, some of which date back more than 20 years but has never been recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“I’ve come through all these trials and setbacks,” he says. “Now I’m a veteran, and I’m grateful for that. Some people get so much praise when they’re younger, and they can’t handle it. I can appreciate things much more now.”\u003cbr\u003e\ncredits\u003cbr\u003e\nreleased October 6, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJohnny O’Neal – piano \u0026amp; vocals\u003cbr\u003e\nBen Rubens – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nItay Morchi – drums\u003cbr\u003e\nRoy Hargrove – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 6, 12 \u0026amp; 13)\u003cbr\u003e\nGrant Stewart – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6, 7 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live May 9, 2017 at Sear Sound Studio C, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded, Mixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Grant Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\nLiner Notes by Nate Chinen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382105321854,"sku":"SSR-1707-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1707-CD.jpg?v=1760095195"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/collections\/SSR-1707-CD.jpg?v=1774389309","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/collections\/johnny-oneal.oembed","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}