Andreas Dreier Trio

Andreas Dreier Trio: Poinciana

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 19, 2014

There's no doubt when the soft tapping of drums announces a beat as light as lovers dancing through a summer night. This is the signature of one of the greatest cover versions of all time. Or rather, this is the watermark of a cover made into a new composition. Pianist Ahmad Jamal's trio now virtually owns the tune “Poinciana" and the album it comes from, At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Chess, 1958), has become a classic in its ...