It's 20 years since Pieranunzi, Vinding and Riel took to the stage at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse to perform this live set, which is now getting its first album release. The trio had just released a studio disc, The Kingdom (Where Nobody Dies), on Stunt, which has established itself as one of the label's bestselling releases in the intervening decades, and which shares one tune – Victor Young's ‘My Foolish Heart’ – with the live recording. Indeed, Yesterdays proves to be a vibrant complement to the studio outing. The seven cuts, mostly standards, serve as the basis for lengthy improvisations, with Vinding's elastic bass providing his collaborators with a generous harmonic canvas on which to overpaint further expressive lines and accents. Drummer Riels provides subtly dramatic rhythmic signals, while pianist Pieranunzi elegantly imprints his own musical personality on familiar melodic material, with the likes of Richard Rodgers's ‘My Funny Valentine’ and Fats Waller's ‘Jitterbug Waltz’ emerging still recognisable but distinctly refreshed from the infusion.