Highly spiritual and musically steadfast, pianist JOEL WEISKOPF had been making heads turn for quite some time with appearances on his brother Walt's acclaimed series of recordings before travelling on his own maiden voyage as a leader.As a follow-up the "The Search" (CRISS 1174 CD), an even more impressive "New Beginning" gives us a broader picture of Weiskopf's talents as both a pianist and writer. Working in a quintet with his brother WALT WEISKOPF on tenor, trumpeter JOHN SWANA,bass supremo JOHN PATITUCCI and drummer JEFF BRILLINGER, Weiskopf presents eight distinctive compositions that are as deeply satisfying as they are harmonically complex and innovative.