George Cables Trio

“The late, great saxophonist Art Pepper spoke from the heart when, in the nineteen-seventies, he dubbed George Cables “Mr. Beautiful.” Pepper’s final studio recordings were sublime duets with Cables, a pianist who could make any bandleader sound more majestic. Cables established himself among the jazz cognoscenti by way of his work with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and Bobby Hutcherson, among others. But he’s also put together his own fine albums for decades, establishing himself as an individualist whose comfort with bebop-based modern jazz has an unimpeachable stamp of authenticity.