Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 027312331226
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 027312331226
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Pianist and composer Markelian Kapedani is one of the most emblematic exponents of the Albanian social and cultural renewal in the years following the fall of the Berlin wall. One of the basic aspects of his playing and writing is the extraordinary ability to create a wonderful fusion between jazz and the formal traditions of Western Classic Music, and the folk music of the Balkans .
Presented here are fourteen solo piano performances made up of Kapedani original compositions and arrangements of traditional Balken folk tunes.
"Incredible! How is it possible that, from one of the most closed and impenetrable nations in Europe, comes one of the most open, universal, and musically transversal works that I have ever heard?" - Giuseppe Trotto, ReMusic
Tracklisting
Art Pepper
Gato Barbieri
Gato Barbieri
Johnny Dyani
Joe Henderson
Enrico Pieranunzi, Michele Polga, Thomas Fonnesbaek & Mauro Beggio
McCoy Tyner
Kai Winding
Gretchen Parlato
Ralph Alessi; Joseph Alessi; Matt Mitchell; John Hebert; Ches Smith
Mick Goodrick; John Surman; Eddie Gomez; Jack DeJohnette
Trio Ivoire (Hans Ludemann, Aly Keita & Christian Thome)
Oregon
Stephan Micus
Jaco Pastorius & Rashied Ali
Chet Baker