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January 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Khatia Buniatishvili: Labyrinth

Khatia Buniatishvili Labyrinth Sony Classical By my count this is Khatia Buniastishvili’s eighth album for Sony Classical, her fifth solo piano recital – its title hinting at the twists and turns offered within, where previous records were often straight tributes to heroes (and strictly classical composers – Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin) here she switches […]
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October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain: The Piano Framed

George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain The Piano Framed Shogun Music Ltd British composer George Fenton has worked across all mediums – radio dramas and TV, documentary and feature narrative film, theatre, absolutely the works. And within that there are some longstanding collaborations and connections, with the BBC, for the films of Ken Loach and then […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Composer, Composition, Film, George Fenton, George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain: The Piano Framed, George Fenton/Simon Chamberlain, Movie, Piano, Score, Simon Chamberlain, Solo, Solo PIano, The Piano Framed, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 76

George Feyer, Echoes of Spain (1956) I buy these things – little curious, little nonsenses. I only buy them if they’re a dollar or two, never more than $5 certainly. Often you find them for 20c or 50c. And I love these little 10” examples; a nice bite-size. I didn’t know much of anything about […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10", 1956, Ay-Ay-Ay, Classical, Echoes of Spain, George Feyer, Latin, Light, LP, Piano, Record, Solo PIano, Spain, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 76, Vinyl ·

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May 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Francesco Turrisi: Northern Migrations 

Francesco Turrisi  Northern Migrations  Taquin Records As a bandleader and accompanist Francecso Turrisi is a formidable multi-instrumentalist – if he has a musical home, instrument-wise, it’s the piano and this set of solo compositions and improvisations charts his development as a player and his spiritual quest and geographic displacement. He says of his migration-story that though he feels privileged, “like every other migrant […]
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August 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Bad Gig Can Kill Your Love of Good Music: Time Is The Healer – You Can Find Your Way Back…

Last night I sat down with a good book, a nice drink and a copy of Brad Mehldau’s solo piano record, Live in Tokyo. I loved this album when it was released – nearly ten years ago now. And I loved most things Mehldau was doing or had done – his trio records, solo recordings, […]
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August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Emika: Klavirni

Emika Klavirni Emika Records It’s been fair to say you never quite know what you’re going to get with Emika – house and dubstep productions and vocals, and just as she’s been a sound designer and behind-the-scenes conceptualist she’s also been out front as synth-pop performer…but here a pattern – slightly – emerges with this […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, DVA, Emika, Klavirni, Solo PIano ·

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January 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 759

Fats Waller, Piano Solos 1929-1941, Vol. 2 (1982) Recently I watched – for the first time – the movie Stormy Weather. Genius. I had seen some of the sequences, but amazing to watch it all the way through and think back to that time…I love the music of the 40s, and some of the music […]
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May 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Writing’s In The Past – Playing’s In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea, named after his musician father, is a living legend of jazz. One of the few that remains – he’s worked with Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, with Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock. You will find him on a stage playing solo piano, or composing for full orchestra. You will find his […]
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February 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Keith Jarrett: Concerts – Bregenz Munchen

Keith Jarrett Concerts: Bregenz Muhchen ECM Records Last year Keith Jarrett was very busy reissuing material – Somewhere was released a couple of years after it was recorded, to time in with the 30th anniversary of his Standards trio. No End was more a cleaning out of the closet, instrumental noodlings from Jarrett the rock-guitarist. […]
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March 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano II

Chilly Gonzales Solo Piano II EMI Many years ago I was invited to a luncheon put on by the French Embassy – a music rep was in town (that gives you some idea as to the whole other lifetime ago on another planet that I’m talking about). I went along – I never usually go […]
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