Michael Formanek - Time Like This Condition:New is Professor of Piano at

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in this beautifully realized Christmas sequence

' The sonata closes the programme but not before giving us an opportunity to hear three further works involving the violin - a second solo piece

Eddie Condon and Sidney Bechet

Michael Formanek - Time Like This Condition:New is Professor of Piano atOne marker of bassist Michael Formanek's creativity and versatility is the range of distinguished musicians of several generations he's worked with. While still a teenager in the 1970s he toured with drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Joe Henderson. Starting in the '80s he played long stints with Stan Getz, Fred Hersch and Freddie Hubbard. Formanek is also a composer and leader of various bands. His principal recording and international touring