Jim Beard - Show of Hands (2013)

Grammy award winning pianist and keyboard player Jim Beard has accumulated a staggering array of credits including composing for John McLaughlin and Michael Brecker, and performing on world tours with Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and Steely Dan. 'Show of Hands', is unique amongst his work, however - a captivating solo piano recording. As can be expected from Beard, the album does not pigeonhole itself into one style and features eight brand new creations, two full length songs and six short Haikus. Also included are solo versions of compositions featured on other recordings together with an eighteenth century society piece, a Wayne Shorter classic (Weather Report's "Face on the Barroom Floor") and a few standards.

Tracklist:

1. Clarion Haiku
2. To Anacreon In Heaven
3. Old Folks
4. Argentine
5. Arto Haiku
6. Face On the Barroom Floor
7. The Gentleman and Hizcaine
8. Duo Haiku
9. Woody 'N You
10. It Was a Lover and His Lass
11. My One and Only Love
12. Country Haiku
13. Saint Cloud
14. But Beautiful
15. Calinda Haiku
16. Song of the Sun
17. Solo Haiku
18. Giphini's Song
19. Honeysuckle Rose
20. Clarion Haiku