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David Lopato

David Lopato's music reflects an involvement with such diverse forms as modern jazz, stride piano, avant-garde classical music, blues, latin and various world musics, most notably those of Indonesia, where he has lived and studied Javanese gamelan. His love of these seemingly disparate traditions has resulted in a body of music that is both universal and personal. Although his main instrument is piano, his interest in other, more exotic timbres has led him to explore new techniques for "preparing" the piano, as well as incorporate other percussion instruments and electronics into his work

Short Stories

By David Lopato

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prince of Darkness; For Chick; Stuttersteppin’; Through the Veil; Nelson; Clarity; Looking for Mr. Babar; Papagayo; The Glass Ceiling.

David Lopato: Short Stories

by Jack Bowers
January 26, 2024

Short Stories, pianist and composer David Lopato's seventh album, is for the most part modern in the best sense of the word. Lopato's musical influences are wide, ranging from jazz, blues and rock to avant-garde and free improvisation while embracing themes from Africa, Latin America and Asia--most notably Indonesia where he spent a year on a ...

Modern Jazz Quartet, Julius Hemphill & Xaver Hellmeier

by Joe Dimino
December 31, 2023

Neon Jazz's New Year's Eve show kicks off with drummer Xaver Hellmeier and is followed by music from his mentor, Joe Farnsworth. We also spin new music from the likes of Hiromi, David Lopato, Jim Piela and Dylan Jazz. In between, we hear from masters including Erroll Garner, Julius Hemphill, Herbie Hancock and The Modern Jazz ...

New Music From Jocelyn Gould, Angelica Sanchez, Nicole Rampersaud And More

by Bob Osborne
October 26, 2023

On this show we feature all new releases from Jocelyn Gould, Undisclosed Sims, Nicole Rampersaud, Nudo, John Taylor & Stan Sulzmann, Kevin Sun, Eddie Prévost with N.O. Moore plus Henry Kaiser & Binker Golding, Alessandro Sgobbio, Kuba Cichocki, Kavita Shah, Angelica Sanchez, David Lopato & Global Coolant, Maciej Obara, and Peripheral Vision. Playlist Show ...

Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2018

by Mark Sullivan
December 26, 2018

2018 was another year with too many favorites to choose from. I'm struck by the number of “extended ensembles" on my list: groups of eight or more, including a chamber orchestra plus jazz group. It was also an exceptionally good year for RareNoiseRecords, making it hard for me to stop at three albums. This list is ...

David Lopato: Gendhing for a Spirit Rising

by Mark Sullivan
July 12, 2018

American composer/pianist David Lopato has a long history with South Asian music, especially the music of Java. Much of the music in the title work--which occupies the first disc of this two-disc set--was inspired by the year he spent in Surakarta (seat of one of the two great kingdoms of Central Java, where most of the ...

Gendhing for a Spirit Rising

By David Lopato

Label: Global Coolant Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Disc 1 : Gendhing For a Spirit Rising - Ladrang; This Life; Jalan Jiwa; Gendhing. Disc 2: Beboppin' With Bella; Jakshi; Suite 911 - Ambush and Aftermath; Peace March.

Pianist/Composer David Lopato's "Gendhing For A Spirit Rising" Set For September 8 Release

July 31, 2017

Musical genres have been melding for ages, yet pianist/composer David Lopato has developed an eclectic East-West fusion that truly has no precedent. A respected educator, inventive composer, inveterate musical explorer, and fearless sonic pioneer who has traveled a highly personal “silk road,” Lopato is releasing the extraordinary Gendhing for a Spirit Rising on September 8 via ...

Many Moons

By David Lopato

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Swing Trades; Inside You; Fly Brook; Unrequited Love; No Visa; Reflexology; Brooklyn; The Big Bad Wolf Ain't So Bad After All; Wishing Willie Well; African Village; Piano Roll 1; Peace March.