Pianist and keyboardist Dan Siegel has covered a broad swath of the jazz spectrum over the course of his four-and-a-half decade career, from straightahead swing to sleek contemporary sounds.

While that’s a testament to Siegel’s multi-faceted talents and restless curiosity, it’s also the result of the diverse array of collaborators that have joined him along the journey – a staggering roster that includes Bela Fleck, Steve Gadd, Larry Carlton, Ernie Watts, Ottmar Liebert, Lee Ritenour, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal, Bob Sheppard, Boney James, Alex Acuña and others.

Siegel’s twenty-third release, Unity, is the latest and one of the finest examples of that alchemical process. Due out August 9th, 2024, Unity reunites the keyboardist with drummer Oscar Seaton for the first time in 20 years, since the recording of the 2004 album Inside Out.

It also marks his first meeting with bassist David “DJ” Ginyard, Seaton’s rhythm section partner in Terence Blanchard’s electrically charged E-Collective band. From the time the trio entered the studio together, Siegel’s vision of the music he’d written for the session irrevocably changed, a display of the titular unity.

“Recording is like magic sometimes,” Siegel says. “The music appears from nothing, which can be really gratifying. The best guarantee you can have is to hire good people. When I got together with Oscar and DJ, the feel and the overall direction changed pretty drastically from how I envisioned it.”

1. Best Foot Forward
2. Defining Moment
3. Line of Sight
4. Streetwise
5. Free Spirit
6. Before I Go
7. Roadside Attraction
8. Simple Things
9. Unity

Unity, like each of Siegel’s wide-ranging albums, is a reflection of the time and circumstances in which it was created and opens on the flourishing Best Foot Forward and the languishing Defining Moment and then we get the late night, low slung vibe of Line of Sight and the smooth Streetwise.

Along next is the ornately sculpted Free Spirit and the all-embracing ambiance of Before I Go, the album rounding out on the playful Roadside Attraction, the luxurious Simple Things, closing on the sheer sweeping elegance of the titular Unity.

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