Push (Jacky Terrasson album)

Push is a studio album by German jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson.[8][9] Concord Jazz released the album on April 27, 2010.[10] This is his debut release for Concord and eleventh overall. Push also marks his vocal debut.[11]

Push
Studio album by Jacky Terrasson
Released	April 27, 2010
Recorded	28–30 September 2009
Studio	Sear Sound, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:40
Label	Concord Jazz
Producer	Jacky Terrasson
Jacky Terrasson chronology
Mirror (2007) Push (2010) Gouache (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]
Financial Times	[3]
Glide Magazine	4/10[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Jazz Forum	[6]
Tom Hull	B+[7]

Reception

Phil Johnson of The Independent wrote, "You can read the jazz recession into Terrasson's slight slip down the rankings in recent years, and the trying-too-hard-to-please-ness of this partial recovery with an augmented trio... There's no doubting his talent, but you can't please everyone, especially in jazz."[12] John Fordham of The Guardian stated, "this set feels warmer, more musical and more mindful of its materials than previous outings, as well as emitting bursts of headlong energy that make you whoop."[5] Raul D'Gama Rose of All About Jazz mentioned, "Push, then, is absolutely classic Terrasson. It is full of double entendre, unbridled ideation and luminosity. Like Monk, his muse, Terrasson's solos are abstruse. This is because his purported approach is never linear, but is instead curved—and if he can get away with it, inside out. He attacks melodies askance, sometimes taking cues for his solo excursions from the third or fourth line in a verse."[2] Added Nate Chinen of The New York Times, "His brightly energetic, pristinely articulated pianism is the album’s crux."[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gaux Girl"	Terrasson	5:12
2.	"Beat It / Body and Soul"	Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Michael Jackson, Robert Sour	5:58
3.	"Ruby, My Dear"	Thelonious Monk	7:37
4.	"Beat Bop"	Terrasson	3:35
5.	"Round Midnight"	Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams	6:20
6.	"Morning"	Terrasson	4:07
7.	"My Church"	Terrasson	6:59
8.	"Say Yeah"	Terrasson	4:11
9.	"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"	Cole Porter	3:23
10.	"Carry Me Away"	Terrasson	3:12
11.	"O Café, O Soleil"	Terrasson	5:46
Total length:			56:40

Personnel

• Jacky Terrasson – piano, keyboards, vocals (tracks: 8 11)
• Ben Williams – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Jamire Williams – drums
• Matthew Stevens – guitar (tracks: 8)
• Gregoire Maret – harmonica (tracks: 3 8)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (tracks: 8 10 11)
• Jacques Schwarz-Bart – tenor saxophone (tracks: 6)

Charts

Chart performance for Push

Chart (2010)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[14]	158

References

1. Nastos, Michael G. "Push - Jacky Terrasson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. D'Gama Rose, Raul (May 17, 2010). "Jacky Terrasson: Push album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
3. Hobart, Mike. "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 September 2020. Cite uses generic title (help)
4. Collette, Doug (8 July 2010). "JACKY TERRASON: PUSH". Glide Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
5. Fordham, John (12 August 2010). "Jacky Terrasson: Push | CD review". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. Filus, Sylvia (14 December 2012). "Push by Jacky Terrasson". Jazz Forum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
7. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Jacky Terrasson". tomhull.com. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
8. Friedwald, Will (4 June 2010). "Singing and Swinging". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
9. Nuc, Olivier (9 May 2010). "Jacky Terrasson met du groove dans son piano". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
10. "Push | Concord - Recorded Music". Concord. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
11. Infantry, Ashante (27 September 2010). "Jazz: Pianist Jacky Terrasson singing a new tune". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
12. Johnson, Phil (13 June 2010). "Album: Jacky Terrasson, Push (Concord)". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
13. "New CDs". The New York Times. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
14. "Lescharts.com – Jacky Terrasson – Push". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2020.