Ranu

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Personnel: Aaron Choulai (piano). If music of the Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau, or Esbjorn Svensson interests you, RANU will likely hold the same appeal. Choulai's original trio music parallels several ECM-type artists in its introspection, and occasionally you hear phrases that make you think Keith Jarrett. Then again, this is a developing artist whose voice is not yet fully formed, but chooses to work on the softer side. Bassist Sam Anning plays on all tracks, with two different drummers on alternating cuts. The CD is bookended by the standards "You Go To My Head" and "I'll Be Seeing You," in languorous wintry, wistful refrains or a blues shuffle respectively. The originals by the leader range from the light funk stylings of "Deep Mountain Gone," the diffuse, hard-to-grasp visage of "White Scarf," and the pretty, evocative "Dreams Of Paper Roses." Choulai's approach holds promise--he could develop into an artist who might sit beside contemporary icons like Fred Hersch, Jon Mayer. or Robert Glasper.