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Craig Taborn: Playing in the Shadows

By David Bixler | Liner Notes
January 12, 2022
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Pianist Craig Taborn's new recording Shadow Plays was recorded in 2020 in Vienna while on a solo piano tour in Europe just as the pandemic was blowing up. In this episode of LINER NOTES Craig reflects on the process of improvisation as well as recounting the uncertainty that surrounded getting back home and his transition to life in the shutdown.

This episode features music from Craig Taborn's Shadow Plays (ECM).

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