By Geno Thackara, All About Jazz
Where it might be natural enough for a jazz combo to glide or swing through a session, the Philippe Lemm Trio prefers to dance. It’s apparently in Lemm’s blood: the leader was a dancer before taking up the drums, and First Steps figuratively jumps and stomps all over the place in much the same way. Built over a decade of working together, the trio’s playful freedom of movement is seemingly effortless and always delightful. Read more here.