On the CD Alone Together twelve standards receive a personal and creative re-arrangement of the Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet, reinforced in three pieces by trumpet player Eric Vloeimans. The music sounds very inspired, is never boring and it seems as if the musicians - pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, guitarist Philip Catherine, bassist / producer Hein van de Geyn and drummer Joe LaBarbera- have been a close
… band for years. In addition to Pieranunzi's highlights, Catherine's strong playing is particularly striking, as in the opening track Speak Low. The album Alone Together shows that classics can live forever in the hands of passionate and skilled musicians. (RM) _more