Aaron Diehl - The Vagabond (2020)

The best way to describe Aaron Diehl’s new recording, The
Vagabond, is that it is a quiet masterpiece. While this is
thoroughly a jazz recording rooted in precedents set by Diehl’s
forbearers such as Art Tatum, Mary Lou Williams, Ahmad Jamal,
Roland Hanna and John Lewis, it will come as no surprise to fans
of Diehl’s previous two Mack Avenue recordings that clear
references are made to his background and simultaneous career as
a classical music performer. The Vagabond also features Diehl’s
interpretation of works “March from Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.
12” written by Russian great Sergei Prokofiev and “Piano Etude
No. 16” by Philip Glass