OKB Trio, The Ing… Review

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Piano trios are one of the mainstay staples in the jazz genre, so when listening to this well-traversed instrumentation, it can at times begin to sound like the last piano trio you just heard on the list of pending releases to listen to.  Thankfully, this is not the case with the OKB Trio, and acronym for the three collaborators on their debut release as a trio together.  Featuring Oscar Perez (piano); Kuriko Tsugawa (bass); and Brian Woodruff (drums), each player is respectively known as first call Queens, NY players and can be found on many recordings as supporting players.   Woodruff has been quite instrumental in putting Queens on the jazz map with his collaborative organization Queens Jazz OverGround.  Founded in 2012 by Woodruff, Amanda Monaco, Josh Deutsch and Mark Wade, his mission is to bring focus to the flourishing jazz scene in the Queens Borough. The trio has a new album out call, The Ing…, which contains eleven tracks. That’s the short of it!