Geri Allen, The Batson Brothers - Three Pianos For Jimi (2009)

Triad, comprised of the late Geri Allen with brothers Mark and Scott Batson, tackled the music of Jimi Hendrix in a way that surely the grand master of psychedelic acid blues-rock guitar would never have fathomed. These three acoustic pianists reinvented the familiar themes of Hendrix into a new music that might take fans aback, but if listened to closely, reaps great rewards as legitimate extensions of the original works. What it also indicates is that before he unceremoniously passed away at a far too young age, Hendrix was working in jazz contexts with the legendary Gil Evans.