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Mike Westbrook: The Piano in the Room and the Blues
Blues, nient'altro che blues, nei quasi settanta minuti di questa registrazione, declinato nelle sue varie forme e ispirato da personaggi leggendari come Jimmy Yancey e Bessie Smith. Dimenticatevi l'esuberanza e l'irriverenza che ha da sempre contraddistinto i lavori di Westbrook, perchè The Piano in the Room and the Blues è una profonda riflessione sul significato più intimo del blues, un ritorno alle origini, la consapevolezza di dover rendere conto delle radici che più o meno prepotentemente hanno attraversato il suo percorso musicale.
È una lenta opera di spoliazione, un viaggio alla ricerca dell'essenza, della bellezza nuda e pura delle note, del silenzio come cassa di risonanza, dell'improvvisazione distillata con parsimonia, di minime dissonanze a togliere la polvere della prevedibilità. Intimo ed emozionante.
Track Listing
Carillon Blues No 1; Carillon Blues No 2; Carillon Blues No 3; Carillon Blues No 4; Blues Changes No 1; Blues Changes No 2; Empress Blues No 1; Empress Blues No 2; Runaround Blues No 1; Runaround Blues No 2; Sunday Morning.
Personnel
Mike Westbrook
composer / conductorAdditional Instrumentation
Mike Westbrook: piano
Album information
Title: The Piano in the Room and the Blues | Year Released: 2026 | Record Label: Westbrook Records
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