Denis Fournier

Denman Maroney - Scott Walton - Denis Fournier: O Kosmos Meta

by John Sharpe
December 31, 2023

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 ...