Year Of Release: June 8, 2004 Label: Dreyfus Genre: Contemporary Jazz; Mainstream Jazz; Post Bop
Personnel: Michel Petrucciani - piano; Eddy Louiss - organ; Geoge Mraz,Anthony Jackson - bass; Roy Haynes,Steve Gadd - drums; Stephane Grappelli - violin; Tony Petrucciani - guitar; Bob Brookmeyer - trombone; Flavio Boltro - trumpet; Stefano Di Battista - saxophone; Graffiti String Quartet
Tracklist: 1 Summertime 2 Little Peace in C for U (Petrucciani) 3 Home (Petrucciani) 4 J'Aurais Telement Voulu [From the Original Soundtrack: Une Femme ...] 5 Chloé Meets Gershwin (Petrucciani) 6 Brazilian Like (Petrucciani) 7 So What 8 Les Grelots 9 Looking Up (Petrucciani) 10 Besame Mucho 11 Why (Petrucciani) 12 Michel's Blues (Petrucciani) 13 Penny's from Heaven
So What is a recorded odyssey of Petrucciani's work on Dreyfus Jazz; a compilation that shows a well-seasoned jazz pianist playing beautifully in the style of his influences like Evans, Ellington, Debussy, and Ravel. Throughout the album, Petrucciani's playing is so spirited and disciplined, like his piano predecessors, that a first-time listener would never know that he was afflicted with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as glass bone disease. The disease ultimately led to Petrucciani's death in 1999 when he was only 36, but it didn't stop him from becoming an accomplished musician who had a joie de vivre, as his French countrymen would say.