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Eddie Costa emerged from an unlikely background into a heralded -- if too brief -- career in jazz. Born in a rural coal mining town, Costa studied piano with his brother Bill and developed a taste for the swing greats; later, exposure to <a href="spotify:artist:570vCzcespB48HIQyTbDO6">Bud Powell</a> turned him to bop. Self-taught on vibes, Costa became known as an excellent sight reader, which produced a lot of studio work. On piano, his trademark sound was the emphasis of the middle and lower registers while nearly ignoring the top two octaves. In addition to recording as a sideman with <a href="spotify:artist:0dIXV3ffgWlMcnywNIy0Wf">Tal Farlow</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2KSxJY1WxGGVYSmoM0N54P">Woody Herman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3u7Tz2oLTRPG9Cn7PcuZ2q">Johnny Smith</a>, the Bob Brookmeyer-Clark Terry Quintet, and <a href="spotify:artist:4jXfFzeP66Zy67HM2mvIIF">Bill Evans</a>, Costa led his own trio and quintet dates. Sadly, most of Costa's recorded output remains unavailable on CD, with the notable exception of the VSOP reissue of his Quintet LP. Costa died when his car careened off of a busy New York parkway in 1962. ~ Ken Dryden, Rovi
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