For this first release on Whirlwind, 'More Powerful', Pianist and composer George Colligan leads a vibrant trio and quartet session of original music with artists with whom he has enjoyed a long association - double bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Rudy Royston - plus rising saxophonist Nicole Glover. <p>Colligan has cemented his reputation through innumerable bandstand appearances as soloist and sideman, including collaborations with artists such as Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, Don Byron and Cassandra Wilson - and his prolific studio output has been documented on over a hundred albums.</p> <p>In this nine-track recording, the pianist's music is influenced by life experiences and fleeting soundbites, as well as the players he is privileged to work with - and it's very much his forward-looking integrity which fires these accessible compositions.</p> <p>Personnel: George Colligan (piano), Linda May Han Oh (double bass), Rudy Royston (drums), Nicole Glover (tenor and soprano saxophone)</p>