Pianist/composer Harold Danko had memorable runs playing with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and many others, and credits them all with inspiring him in multiple ways. His most recent CD, Rite Notes, celebrates another major influence, Stravinsky. Rite Notes is a suite of compositions inspired by Stravinsky’s music from Rite of Spring. In Danko words, his intention was “to create a chamber work with improvisation generated from the original source, but one that could always be fluid and evolving in the moment,” which is a great metaphor for the journey Harold Danko has taken throughout his live as a jazz musician.