"The New Trio is an outlet for Erskine's more meditative, intimate side, including the striking talent at piano, the Armenian-born Vardan Ovsepian. At electric bass is Damian Erskine, Peter's nephew, who has for years made his own name as a musician. In Praise Of Shadows comes on the heels of ECM's 2016 reissue of the elder Erskine's 90s trio records with Palle Danielsson and John Taylor, making comparisons of these two trios almost inevitable. But there are some built-in features that distinguish the New Trio from those twenty year-old recordings, such as the simple fact that ECM's sterile, chamber-like production approach stands alone in jazz (not a knock on Erskine's own production on In Praise Of Shadows, which is actually rather spotless and appropriate to the music)"