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Denman Maroney Quintet: Umwelt
by Glenn Astarita
Pianist and composer Denman Maroney, renowned for pioneering 'hyperpiano' techniques--in which he plays the keys with one hand while bowing, sliding, and striking the piano strings with objects such as metal bars, rubber blocks, and plastic implements--and for his innovative temporal harmonies that layer multiple tempos simultaneously, presents his latest work, Umwelt. The title, German for the perceptive capacities of species, draws inspiration from science journalist Ed Yong's book An Immense World (Penguin Random House, 2022), which explores how understanding ...
Continue ReadingDenman Maroney - Scott Walton - Denis Fournier: O Kosmos Meta
by John Sharpe
This is a piano trio with a difference. On O Kosmos Meta (Greek for 'the world after'), American pianist Denman Maroney joins with his countryman bassist Scott Walton and French drummer Denis Fournier for a set of nine collective inventions. While there are any number of egalitarian threesomes out there, Maroney's distinctive approach pushes this session beyond the norm. For the last forty years, Maroney has termed his instrument “hyperpiano." Although still a piano, Maroney plays the keys ...
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