Richie Beirach - Round About Federico Mompou

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:19
Size: 149,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:29) 1. Impressiones Intimas #1
(8:09) 2. Música Callada # 6
(2:13) 3. Fantasie on Musica Callada # 10
(6:37) 4. Música Callada # 10
(2:58) 5. Bass Fantasie on Música Callada # 1
(3:55) 6. Música Callada # 1
(1:48) 7. Música Callada # 27
(4:37) 8. Around Música Callada # 27
(3:13) 9. Fantasie on Música Callada # 19
(1:00) 10. Around Música Callada # 19
(3:42) 11. Música Callada # 19
(7:42) 12. Música Callada # 18
(1:58) 13. Fantasie on Música Callada # 18
(2:31) 14. Música Callada # 15
(8:19) 15. Música Callada # 22

Richard "Richie" Beirach (born May 23, 1947) is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City. He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music. In 1972 he began working with Stan Getz. He also worked with Chet Baker and in the 1990s worked well with Swedish saxophonist Henrik Frisk. He maintained an ongoing musical partnership with David Liebman from the 1970s to the 90s, in Lookout Farm, Quest and many duos. Richie Beirach's style is influenced by Art Tatum, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and his earlier classical training. It is also individualistic with many touches all its own. Several of his compositions, "Leaving" and "Elm" for instance, have found their way into the jazz standard repertoire.
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Personnel: Piano – Richie Beirach; Double Bass – George Mraz; Violin – Gregor Huebner

Round About Federico Mompou

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Juliet Kurtzman, Pete Malinverni - Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera

Styles: Violin And Piano Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:44
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:39) 1. Pulcinella
(5:22) 2. Candlelights
(6:04) 3. Oblivion
(4:06) 4. Davenport Blues
(4:06) 5. Por Una Cabeza
(3:40) 6. In the Dark
(5:54) 7. Solace
(5:56) 8. Body and Soul
(4:42) 9. Doce De Coco
(4:39) 10. In a Mist
(2:56) 11. Love in the Time of Cholera
(3:35) 12. Flashes

Gabriel García Márquez is a Columbian author whose novel Love In The Time Of Cholera forms part of the title of this duo recording by jazz pianist Pete Malinverni and classical violinist Juliet Kurtzman. The theme of the novel is about love found, lost and found again, while the musical program presented here keeps the love theme in focus surveying jazz and classical musical styles from the Americas. Malinverni has an evocative and vibrant playing style that works well with Kurtzman's resonant and stunning tone as they connect through the music. Although it might be a stretch to call this release a jazz album, it could probably be regarded as jazz influenced. For example Bix Beiderbecke, cornetist and pianist, and one of the tragic figures of the jazz age, wrote five of the compositions included here, as well as "Solace" from Scott Joplin and "Body And Soul" written by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman. The construct of bringing a jazz musician and a classical artist together for a recording session, presents an interesting dilemma. The jazz player lives for the moment using improvisation, while the classical performer rarely, if ever, strays from the musical notes written on the page. In this instance, the collaboration works quite well.

As for the repetoire, in addition to the titles mentioned above, there are two compositions by Malinverni, "Pulcinella" and "Love In The Time Of Cholera." Both of these numbers work well in the hands of the participants and are given characteristic presentations of the underlying tango themes. Of the Beiderbecke creations, the most readily recognizable numbers are "Davenport Blues" and "In A Mist." The tempos chosen for these numbers are more in keeping with current views of the pieces, rather than the ragtime flavour used by Beiderbecke. Scott Joplin's "Solace" was used as background music in the movie The Sting and here Malinverni and Kurtzman bring a sprightly flavour to their execution. The American Songbook standard "Body And Soul" is given a stellar revision here. Firstly with Malinverni taking a long detour into the melody of the composition. At that point Kurtzman picks up the theme, before reinterpreting Coleman Hawkins' milestone tenor saxophone solo with deep effect.~ Pierre Giroux https://www.allaboutjazz.com/candlelight-love-in-the-time-of-cholera-saranac

Personnel: Pete Malinverni: piano; Juliet Kurtzman: violin.

Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera

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