Release Date: 10 July 2013
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028386026020
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Some of the music in this series of duets and solo performances by the pianists Vladimir Miller and Steve Plews, is scored but much of it is improvised; the artists acknowledge influences of Bartok, Rachmaninov, Keith Tippett, Jaki Byard amongst others.
The result is a fascinating collection of post-modern romanticism at once Lennox Berkeley and Bill Evans. The recordings, made in front of a live audience, capture the atmosphere of a memorable performance. With the percussive intricacy of Millers style warmly enveloped by the rhapsodic technique of Plews, the music varies from quiet introspection to a tour de force of compositional and improvisational virtuosity.
Personnel: Vladimir Miller, Steve Plews (piano)
Tracklisting
David Bitelli & Ollie Usiskin
Paul Dunmall & Kevin Figes
Kevin Figes & Julie Tippetts
Toni Germani Quartet
Howard Riley, Art Themen, Mario Castronari & Trevor Tomkins
HackOut!
Lol Coxhill
George Haslam & Friends
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
