Jimmy Rowles Trio : Rare-But Well Done (1954) : Aquarium Drunkard

Jimmy Rowles Trio : Rare-But Well Done (1954) : Aquarium Drunkard

At a time when the musical acrobatics of hard-bop jazz were in full swing on the East Coast, Rowles showed little interest in the dazzling technical feats or subversion of form that many of his contemporaries were partaking in. Instead, the unfettered Rowles chose to color within the lines, forming elegant arrangements that drift along like blue smoke curling around an after-hours lounge. On his first solo release, Rare, But Well Done (1954), Ro…