JAZZ REVIEW - MOORS MAGAZINE, HOLLAND, July 27, 2021
The John Colianni Trio "Ahead Of The Crowd" (Patuxent Music CD 355)

I love a great jazz-trio, and I really love Colianni:
I have a soft spot for the classic jazz piano trio – a pianist, a drummer and a bassist. If they play a little good and adventurous I'm completely sold, and I even keep playing Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis albums from the fifties and sixties because I've become forever attached to them.
John Colianni is also such a pianist who, with a sublime subtle bassist, Boots Maleson and an equally subtle, perfect drummer Bernard Linnette, knows how to perform small miracles on the square centimeter. The three men are completely attuned to each other, but do not play routine for a moment – ​​they listen carefully to each other, complement each other, talk musically with each other and continue to swing gently in between in a delightful way.
Ahead of the Crowd contains 45 minutes of music from the American Songbook like Cole Porter's I Get a Kick out of You, jazz classics like Count Basie's One O'Clock Jump, blues, some old R&B hits like One Mint Julep and a few of Colianni's own compositions as Thing Thing. Everything fits together seamlessly, and the entire CD feels like one beautiful, continuous performance. If, like me, you like a really good jazz piano trio, this is an absolute must.
Holly Moors