Outstanding (Live in Tirano) ~ Guido Manusardi Trio | By Eddie Carter

Italian pianist Guido Manusardi has long been one of Europe’s most distinctive jazz musicians. Rooted in hard bop, modal jazz, and European influences, his trio performances and sessions always sparkle with lively, dynamicinterplay. This morning’s column, Outstanding by the Guido Manusardi Trio (Splac(h) Records H-115), is a 1986 live release that captures the trio performing three familiar standards and one original composition at the Mignon Theatre. Manusardi is working with Piero Leveratto on bass and Luigi Bonafede on drums. I…