The leader or co-leader on countless albums and known for his affiliations with important US soloists like Chet Baker and Johnny Griffin, the 70-year old Italian pianist Pieranunzi may be a veteran now but certainly doesn't play like one. Common View is the third release by his current trio, with Dutch bassist Somsen and ex-Brad Mehldau drummer Rossy alert to their leader, each man contributing original compositions and clearly at ease one with the other.

Comparisons with Bill Evans are often made when Pieranunzi is discussed, this arising from his distinctive keyboard touch and virtuoso technique, especially apparent when he lays back and is understated as on the opening ‘Falling from The Sky’. Rossy's ‘Sofá’ is more agitated, with its stop-start exposition and unusual harmonic options, with plenty of breaks for its composer's brushes.

Elsewhere, many of these pieces evince the kind of lyrical interplay that has characterised the Italian's work over the decades. Trained classically but steeped in jazz through his associations on and off records with the giants of hard bop, Pieranunzi, it seems to me, can alternate calm with tension as on his own ‘Turn In The Path’ with its headlong rush of notes. If we're talking comparisons, I'm also reminded of Keith Jarrett's freer aspects. Suffice to say, that this is music that compels admiration and offers many rewards. It's reflective, energetic, esoteric, impactive, restless, inventive, even boppish [as on his composition ‘Perspectives’]; pick any adjective to suit.