Album lore

The First Time, released in 2005 on the Reggie Buie Trio’s own imprint, assembles nine tracks that dwell in the realm of smooth jazz and jazz piano. The trio’s approach leans on well-worn standards like “Nica’s Dream,” “My One and Only Love,” and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” rendered with a polished intimacy. The featured track “Georgia” stands as a familiar anchor, its melodic contours shaped by Buie’s understated piano touch and the trio’s restrained interplay.This record occupies a modest corner of the early 2000s jazz piano canon, notable less for innovation than for its faithful articulation of the form’s softer edges. With just under 12,000 listeners on Last.fm, The First Time serves as a quiet artifact for those inclined toward instrumental jazz that favors warm tones and measured phrasing over overt virtuosity. Its nine selections collectively mark a moment where smooth jazz and traditional jazz piano comfortably converge.

Album lore

The First Time, released in 2005 on the Reggie Buie Trio’s own imprint, assembles nine tracks that dwell in the realm of smooth jazz and jazz piano. The trio’s approach leans on well-worn standards like “Nica’s Dream,” “My One and Only Love,” and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” rendered with a polished intimacy. The featured track “Georgia” stands as a familiar anchor, its melodic contours shaped by Buie’s understated piano touch and the trio’s restrained interplay.This record occupies a modest corner of the early 2000s jazz piano canon, notable less for innovation than for its faithful articulation of the form’s softer edges. With just under 12,000 listeners on Last.fm, The First Time serves as a quiet artifact for those inclined toward instrumental jazz that favors warm tones and measured phrasing over overt virtuosity. Its nine selections collectively mark a moment where smooth jazz and traditional jazz piano comfortably converge.