Summary: <p><span style="font-size: small;">Pianist Rachel Z trained at the New England Conservatory before beginning her professional</span> <span style="font-size: small;">career as a performer with the likes of Al Di</span><span style="font-size: small;">Meola, Larry Coryell, and the fusion band</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Steps Ahead. She also worked with saxophonist</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Wayne Shorter on his Grammy winning</span> <span style="font-size: small;">comeback album, High Life. This week Rachel</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Z performs originals, including “Gently Sleeps</span> <span style="font-size: small;">the Pear Tree" and "Artemisia," and duets with</span> <span style="font-size: small;">McPartland on "Autumn Leaves."</span></p>
