(Chinen) ★ Aaron Diehl Trio Featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant (Sunday) Aaron Diehl is a smart young pianist with a fastidious grasp of jazz traditions.
(Chinen) Aaron Diehl Trio (Saturday) Aaron Diehl, a smart young pianist with a fastidious grasp of jazz traditions, leads a trio with the bassist Paul Sikivie and the drummer Lawrence Leathers.
(Chinen) Aaron Diehl Trio (Friday) A smart young pianist with a fastidious grasp of jazz traditions, Aaron Diehl leads a working trio with David Wong on bass and Peter Van Nostrand on drums.
(Chinen) Helen Sung: The (re Conception Project + 2 (Friday and Saturday) Ms. Sung, a smart young pianist with a clear, precise style, draws from her most recent album, "(re Conception" (Steeplechase), a program of standards neatly interpreted by her trio.
(Chinen) ★ Lee Konitz (Wednesday) Mr. Konitz, now 84 and playing as insightfully and uncompromisingly as ever, engages with the smart young pianist Dan Tepfer, with whom he made the 2009 album "Duos With Lee" (Sunnyside).
(Chinen) Aaron Diehl With Dominick Farinacci (Thursday) A smart young pianist with a fastidious grasp of jazz traditions, Mr. Diehl recently became the 2011 Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz, an honor earned through stiff competition and accompanied by prize money and a label deal.
(Chinen) Taylor Eigsti (Wednesday and Thursday) Mr. Eigsti is a smart young pianist who still has the residual glow of a prodigy, as well as the instincts of a searcher.
(Chinen) Helen Sung Trio (Saturday) Helen Sung, a smart young pianist with a clean, precise style, draws from her most recent album, "(re Conception" (Steeplechase), a program of standards neatly interpreted by this trio.
A smart, fluid pianist whose second record, "Communication Theory" (Palmetto), has just been released, Mr. Berkman is part of the true New York mainstream jazz underground: a serious musician who takes the stage only with others of high caliber.
