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Vana Gierig

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" ‘Making Memories’ is about the importance of creating good memories in life. They don't just happen, but we have to actively do something to ‘make’ them, since they will stay with us for the rest of our lives, continuing to shape, change, and enrich us,” says Vana about his new CD release ‘Making Memories’ on Enja Records. German-born, Boston-schooled, New York-based pianist Vana Gierig uses his music as a language – one of eight languages he masters - to communicate these kind of messages. Called a “piano phenom” by Keyboard Magazine, Vana creates his unique sound as much thru his writing, as thru his style of playing and improvisation

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joy, Joy and More Joy

Read "Joy, Joy and More Joy" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Last week we were not quite done with our theme revolving around Jazz & Joy and playing tunes that either inspired joy or were inspired by the experience of joy by the artists who composed them. So here is more dopamine enhancing jazz for you. Music that should turn a grey day into a sunny one. ...

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Making Memories

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Declaration; Making Memories; Texting While Driving; Morning Cadence; The Spell; The Spiraling Spell; Rome; Looking Back; Conversations.

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Article: Album Review

Vana Gierig: Making Memories

Read "Making Memories" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Quarto CD da leader ed esordio con la Enja per il pianista tedesco Vana Gierig, studi bostoniani e illustri collaborazioni con Eddie Gomez e Wynton Marsalis, oltre che con Paquito D'Rivera, ospite anche in questo Making Memories. Il lavoro ruota attorno al trio di Gierig, che lo vede accanto al batterista Marcello Pellitteri ...

Album

Making Memories

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Declaration; Making Memories; Texting While Driving; Morning Cadence; The Spell; The Spiraling Spell; Rome; Looking Back; Conversations.

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Article: Album Review

Vana Gierig: Making Memories

Read "Making Memories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


German-born, New York-based pianist Vana Gierig was making memorable music long before Making Memories came into existence. This Berklee and New England Conservatory-trained ivory tickler has been turning heads with his own work, and through sideman stints with everybody from über-hip cabaret singer Ute Lemper to violinist Regina Carter, for quite some time, but no single ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vana Gierig's group joined by Paquito D'Rivera - summer festival dates

Vana Gierig's group joined by Paquito D'Rivera - summer festival dates

Vana is taking his group and Paquito D'Rivera to Brazil and Italy: July 20th '10: Vana's group joined by 9-time Grammy Award winner Paquito d'Rivera for a concert at the Amazonas Jazz Festival, at the historic Opera House in Manaus, Brazil. Also featuring Marcello Pellitteri (drums), Sean Conly (bass), Vinicius Barros (perc). July 21st '10: Vana ...


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