Pianist Shai Maestro’s New Album, Human, Magnifies His Outgoing Band (Fellow Israeli Ofri Nehemya/drums & Jorge Roeder/bass) Becomes a Quartet With Inspired Addition of Trumpeter Philip Dizack. Shai Is Well-matched by Dizack’s Quick Alert Improvising. Near the End of a Programme Comprised Mostly of Maestro Originals in a Range of Temperaments, Is Their Own Take on Duke Ellington’s “in a Sentimental Mood”, While Shai’s “Hank and Charlie” Pays Tribute to the Late Hank Jones and Charlie Haden.

Tracklist:
1 Time
2 Mystery and Illusions
3 Human
4 Gg
5 the Thiefs Dream
6 Hank and Charlie
7 Compassion
8 Prayer
9 They Went to War
10in a Sentimental Mood
11 Ima (for Talma Maestro)