[ June the 6th, 2025 release on Infinite Distances: Noah Haidu’s Standards III ]

On the heels of glowing reviews from national press, widespread streaming and radio play, and sold-out touring across the U.S., New York pianist Noah Haidu releases Standards III (Infinite Distances) on June 6, 2025.

The album continues Haidu’s collaboration with Buster Williams and Billy Hart and debuts an impressive new band featuring Gervis Myles and Charles Goold.
Special guests Steve Wilson, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash featured on one track.

“He has developed his own compelling brand of pianism,” declares The Wall Street Journal. Recent work has been hailed as “extraordinary” by Jazz Magazine, “really beautiful” by National Public Radio, and “stunning” by DownBeat. Indeed, it seems that audiences have caught up to the praise long bestowed upon this important voice in jazz – a multi-dimensional artist who combines modernism, soul, and swing into his own singular style.

“three masters of the craft of trio playing, conjuring magic” (Jazzwise).

Transcending expectations at every turn, Haidu “by now has his own unique approach…sounding buoyant and free, like a pent-up spirit released.” (Wall Street Journal).

This new album, the third instalment in Haidu’s Standards series, continues his collaboration with legendary bassist Buster Williams and noted drummer Billy Hart while also debuting an equally impressive new band featuring Gervis Myles on bass and Charles Goold on drums, both rising stars in the New York scene.

The two trios explore imaginative interpretations, contemporary influences, and grooves so deep you could fall into them. Haidu’s clear, light touch renders variations on themes composed or inspired by Thad Jones, Richard Rodgers, Sammy Cahn, Dinah Washington, and Jerome Kern. Popular artists Chappell Roan and Stevie Wonder provide additional source material and inspiration, while the original “Slipstream,” a striking reinterpretation of the title track from Haidu’s debut album, holds its own alongside any standard.

 

 

Steve Wilson (alto saxophone), Peter Washington (bass), and Lewis Nash (drums) also join Haidu for “Slipstream.” Whether collaborating with his elders or his peers, Standards III cements Haidu’s legacy leading arguably “the best trio performing today” (Robert Nicosia, Musicman Blog).

This third collection of standards continues to build on the buzz which has been growing around Haidu’s recording efforts in recent years. His Keith Jarrett tribute project Slowly garnered a rave from The Wall Street Journal and a spot in DownBeat’s Best Albums Of The Year issue. Noah’s ambitious multimedia deep-dive into the work of Kenny Kirkland found praise not just for his Kirkland tribute album Doctone but also the accompanying documentary short film and book he produced. It was an album of Haidu’s own heralded originals Infinite Distances, anchored by a six-part suite for quintet, which prompted DownBeat to hail him as an “innovative composer” in a four-and-a-half-star review.

Haidu will soon be recording his most personal album to date, as well as more music written and inspired by Kenny Kirkland.

 

photo Mark Elzy