Contemporary piano ensemble

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The Contemporary Piano Ensemble is a music group founded in 1993 by the late jazz pianist James Williams and made up of five jazz pianists. Its members are:

• James Williams
• Harold Mabern
• Donald Brown
• Mulgrew Miller
• Geoff Keezer

With the exception of Geoff Keezer, they are all African American jazz pianists of the American southern music tradition, developing the music of Phineas Newborn . They manage the difficult interplay of four pianos with astonishing clarity, although all five pianists do little to force their virtuosity.

Recordings

• The Contemporary Piano Ensemble, The Key Players , DIW, 1993
• Four Pianos For Phineas , Evidence, 1996