Thirteenth Note Records is pleased to announce the spring 2011 release of pianist Roberta Piket’s seventh CD. On Sides, Colors, Roberta’s intriguing arrangements enhance the piano trio with strings, reeds, brass, percussion and organ. As Piket says, “I wanted to maintain the intimacy of the trio. At the same time I love the colors and textures that the other instruments add.” While Sides, Colors is not just another piano trio album, it is the trio of Roberta, bassist Johannes Weidenmueller and drummer Billy Mintz that is at the core of the CD. Even in the context of the larger ensemble pieces, their intuitive, conversational interplay is a joy to hear. The trio is the foundation for the sonic landscape that is Sides, Colors. Roberta turns “If I Loved You”, by the great Rogers and Hammerstein, into an epic journey for piano trio augmented by winds, strings, and a surprise vocal turn by Roberta. “Laurie" is a lushly re-imagined interpretation...