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A splendid solo piano recital, recorded in France last year, in which the pianist tackles 13 evergreen jazz standards… there is a pleasing spontanaeity to this recording, and Beirach is obviously... — Jazzwise More…

Release Date: 14th Apr 2023
Catalogue No: D77126
Label: Jazzline
Length: 76 minutes

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Davis, M: Nardis

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Richie Beirach

Cole Porter, Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz, Miles Davis: What Is This Thing Called Love / Alone Together / Blue In Green

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Monk, T: 'Round Midnight

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Kaper: On Green Dolphin Street

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Bernstein: Some Other Time (from On the Town)

Work length7:35

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Davis, M: Solar

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Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Gene de Paul: Spring Is Here / Maiden Voyage / Monk´S Drem / You Don´T Know What Love Is

Work length13:49

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Shorter: Footprints

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Richie Beirach: Leaving / Sunday Song

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Richie Beirach

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Pianist/composer Richie Beirach re-imagines well known jazz standards in stunning solo piano concert at France's Ch?teau Fleur Cardinale. Forty-five years after his first solo piano recording, 'Hubris' for ECM Records, Brooklyn-born Richie Beirach returns to that intimate and revealing setting on 'Leaving'. A live concert in Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse, near Bordeaux, France, this collection of jazz standards he has played innumerable times over his long and illustrious career finds the 75-year-old pianist plumbing new depths of emotion and heights of expression in a highly exploratory program. "I've never recorded a whole CD of standards playing solo piano," said Beirach. "Usually in concert I present original material or I just play a lot of free improv stuff, but this time I wanted to go back and play these tunes again solo in front of a live audience. And I was amazed at the things that I found." Performing on a 9-foot Steinway grand piano before an intimate gathering of 120 people in a French chateau wine tasting room, Beirach puts his own unique stamp on timeless standards like "Nardis," "Solar," "'Round Midnight," "Footprints" and "Some Other Time." Throughout the concert, he also strings tunes together in unexpected medleys, like "What Is This Thing Called Love?"/"Alone Together"/"Blue in Green" and "Spring Is Here"/"Maiden Voyage"/"Monk's Dream"/"You Don't Know What Love Is." And while he incorporates such devices as reharmonisation of themes, rhythmic reinvention, counterpoint and motivic development, Beirach is also mindful of incorporating the swing factor into his interpretations of these standards. "I am unabashedly a jazz pianist, I can swing, and I love it," he said. "And I think the people can feel that. A lot of guys play without the swing feel, and it's still very good and beautiful. But there's something about swinging that is a part of my musical makeup."

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A splendid solo piano recital, recorded in France last year, in which the pianist tackles 13 evergreen jazz standards… there is a pleasing spontanaeity to this recording, and Beirach is obviously enjoying himself.

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