
Delaware River Suite – Inventions Trio – No Blooze Music # 02
Bill Mays, piano; Marvin Stamm, trumpet & flugelhorn; Alisa Horn, cello
Delaware River Suite is the second release by the Inventions Trio and features Bill Mays’ new extended work, The Delaware River Suite plus five new Mays arrangements. Also include are Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras #5, the Miles Davis and Bud Powell classics, Sippin’At Bells and Dance Of The Infidels, Jobim’s Zingaro, Django Reinhardt’s Nuages,” and my composition, Charlotte Delights.” Regarding the suite, Bill states, “I love rivers. I love the water.” The Delaware is an especially scenic river, and, along with the rich history of the Delaware Valley, Shohola, and surrounding areas, was the inspiration for the suite.