George Colligan: King's Dream Album Release at The 1905

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Getting a handle on George Colligan isn’t an easy task. Best known as an acclaimed pianist and composer who’s played on more than 150 albums with an array of jazz legends and mid-career masters, he’s also a trumpeter, educator, bandleader, and drummer. His multifarious creative activities add up to a dauntingly complex portrait, but his new album King’s Dream distills his expressive power with elegant and instantly approachable concision. A solo piano session conceived and recorded in the midst of the pandemic, King’s Dream is inviting but introspective, a musical reflection on trying times that offers the succor of beauty without flinching from hard questions.