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Lisa Hilton: American Impressions
by Dan Bilawsky
Complacency can threaten to creep into a musician's being without their knowledge as time passes, but the opposite seems to have happened with pianist/composer Lisa Hilton. Her early records dealt in friendly pastel colors delivered in relatively safe fashion, but she's become more daring as time has passed. Her playing has become more limber, loose, organic, fearless and moody, and her music has benefited from this growth, as it now possesses a greater balance between shadows and light.
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by C. Michael Bailey
Lisa HiltonAmerican ImpressionsSelf Produced2012 The last few years have seen the release of significant jazz recordings celebrating Americana. The majority of these have been devoted to jazz vocals and include: Jacqui Sutton's novel “Frontier Jazz" concept as manifested on her 2010 release Billie & Dolly (Toy Blue Typewriter Productions), Laurie Antonioli's rugged and rustic Midwestern soundscape on American Dream (Intrinsic Music, 2010), and Tierney Sutton's bold and uncompromising New World vista American ...
Continue ReadingLisa Hilton: Underground
by Dan Bilawsky
In the minds of some musicians and fans, music is meant to be an athletic competition where speed and strength trump everything else, but a large segment of audiences and performers don't buy into that line of thinking. Others believe that music can be a vehicle for expressing emotions and dealing in the art of communication, and pianist Lisa Hilton's Underground embodies those very ideals. Hilton's music has never been of the chops-heavy variety, but the California-based ...
Continue ReadingLisa Hilton: Underground
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un moderrn mainstream tutt'altro che scontato caratterizza il nono CD della pianista californiana Lisa Hilton. Al suo fianco tre superbi musicisti per un approccio trasversale agli stili del jazz, toccando blues, free e perfino echi classicheggianti. Underground è un disco in piena linea con le tendenze imperanti del post-moderno, volto a costruire percorsi mutidirezionali con un groove intenso e contagioso. Vivaci ed eterogenei, i brani della Hilton mettono in mostra una variopinta versatilità in grado di esplorare sia le radici ...
Continue ReadingLisa Hilton: New York Sessions
by Woodrow Wilkins
There was “The Dream Team, a collection of NBA players who filled most of the slots on the USA basketball team for the 1992 Olympics. Then there was “the dream team, high-priced lawyers who helped O.J. Simpson get acquitted of murder charges. For Lisa Hilton, the dream team is made up of four jazz musicians who joined the pianist/composer/producer for her ninth release, New York Sessions.A product of Southern California, Hilton drew some inspiration from her great-uncle, a ...
Continue ReadingLisa Hilton: The New York Sessions
by Michael P. Gladstone
It may surprise some but pianist Lisa Hilton has ten albums to her credit. The New York Sessions is number nine and presents several problems insofar as it being a unified jazz album. She is working with some A-List players--bassist Christian McBride, drummer Lewis Nash, altoist Steve Wilson and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. On paper, this looks like it should be an exciting album but much of it is spent on solo piano that sounds classical--and new age-driven.The album ...
Continue ReadingLisa Hilton: The New York Sessions
by Ken Kase
The New York Sessions is the ninth release by pianist Lisa Hilton, whose last name lovingly adorns the bath towels in the suitcases of itinerant musicians around the world. A self-produced and largely self-motivated musician from the rougher section of Malibu, Hilton's avowed influences and illustrious associations promise great things--but the world is a harsh place, and sometimes promises are broken. Hilton is surrounded by a mighty supporting cast, but even a cursory listen reveals that their skills ...
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