Richard Paske's piano is audible from his Laurel Avenue doorstep. More audible, apparently, than my repeated knocks are to anyone inside the house. So I take in a quiet St. Paul Sunday morning while listening to what I can of the intricate syncopation of his keyboard runs. I later learn that I'm hearing Paske's piano interpretation of Duke Ellington's "African Flower," to debut at his next solo... More >>>