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Luciano Troja: To New Life: The Music Of Earl Zindars

Read "To New Life: The Music Of Earl Zindars" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 28, 2023

Like many before him, Sicilian pianist Luciano Troja discovered the music of Earl Zindars (1927-2005) through pianist Bill Evans, who probably recorded more tunes by Zindars--nine in total--than he did by any other composer. Equally smitten, Troja has been down this road before, paying homage to Zindars on At Home with Zindars (Self Produced, 2011), a five-year labor of love which included a pilgrimage to Zindars' family home in California. Zindars' closest kin inspired many of his compositions, resulting in ...