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Tales of our Times

Chris Jarrett

Tales of our Times

Format: CD
Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC: 0044747360027
Catnr: CRC 3600
Release date: 08 December 2017
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Label
Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC
0044747360027
Catalogue number
CRC 3600
Release date
08 December 2017
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Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

American born composer and pianist Chris Jarrett has been based in Germany for many years. He composes and performs music that has a unique character; this does not sound like anyone other than Chris Jarrett. He has a very personal compositional language that combines the best of classical structure and improvisation. Jazz, classical, avant-garde and ethnic styles merge stunningly in his music. For this reason, he is often referred to by music journalists as a "rebel" against the "piano-establishment". The music of Chris Jarrett is vital and impulsive, full of breaks and surprises and rarely fits into the usual categories of the music industry. For Chris Jarrett, Frank Zappa is an equally valuable model as are the masters of the Baroque or the Renaissance. No wonder his repertoire ranges from atonal miniatures, to sonatas, film scores, ballet and opera.

"When pressing the keys with such energy, such pianistic fury, but also with such brilliance and subtlety of attack, while virtually incorporating the bulky instrument ... [he awakens] associations to the mythical Centaur - half human, half piano ... full of fantasy, original, bursting with energy and technically perfect." (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

This is a truly enveloping program of original music for piano that is immediately appealing.The listener is bound to be drawn back to this music over and over again.
De in Amerika geboren componist en pianist Chris Jarrett heeft zich al vele jaren in Duitsland gevestigd. Hij componeert en speelt muziek met een uniek karakter, dat niet klinkt als dat van iemand anders. Zijn zeer persoonlijke compositietaal combineert het beste van de klassieke structuur en improvisatie. Jazz, klassieke muziek, avant-garde en etnische stijlen smelten op prachtige wijze samen in zijn muziek. Om deze reden wordt hij door muziekjournalisten vaak beschreven als een “rebel” die tegen het “piano-establishment” is. De muziek van Chris Jarrett is vitaal en impulsief, vol met onderbrekingen en verrassingen en past zelden binnen de gebruikelijke categorieën van de muziekindustrie. Voor Chris Jarrett is Frank Zappa als model voor zijn muziek gelijkwaardig aan de meesters uit de Barok en Renaissance. Geen wonder dat zijn repertoire varieert van atonale miniaturen tot sonates, soundtracks voor film, balletten en opera’s.

De Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over Chris Jarrett: “Wanneer hij de toetsen met zo’n energie indrukt, zulke pianistische razernij, maar ook met zulk een schittering en subtiele aanslag, terwijl hij het omvangrijke instrument haast belichaamt (…) roept hij associaties op met de mythische centaur – half mens, half piano (…) vol met fantasie, origineel, barstensvol energie en technisch perfect.”

Dit is een programma met originele pianomuziek die de luisteraar onmiddellijk aanspreekt en werkelijk in zijn greep houdt. De luisteraar zal de muziek steeds opnieuw willen horen.

Artist(s)

Chris Jarrett (piano)

American born composer and pianist Chris Jarrett has been based in Germany for a number of years. He composes and performs musc that has a unique character; this does not sound like anyone other than Chris Jarrett. His music utilizes the structures of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation. He combines his secure instinct for formal structures with the spontaneity of jazz. Great influences to be heard in his music come from as diverse a list of personalities as Johannes Ockeghem, Sergej Prokofiev, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa. Jazz, classical, avant-garde and ethnic styles merge stunningly in his music. For this reason, he is often referred to by music journalists as a 'rebel' against the 'piano-establishment'. The music of...
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American born composer and pianist Chris Jarrett has been based in Germany for a number of years. He composes and performs musc that has a unique character; this does not sound like anyone other than Chris Jarrett. His music utilizes the structures of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation. He combines his secure instinct for formal structures with the spontaneity of jazz. Great influences to be heard in his music come from as diverse a list of personalities as Johannes Ockeghem, Sergej Prokofiev, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa. Jazz, classical, avant-garde and ethnic styles merge stunningly in his music. For this reason, he is often referred to by music journalists as a "rebel" against the "piano-establishment".
The music of Chris Jarrett is vital and impulsive, full of breaks and surprises and rarely fits into the usual categories of the music industry. For Chris Jarrett, Frank Zappa is an equally valuable model as are the masters of the Baroque or the Renaissance. No wonder his repertoire ranges from atonal miniatures, to sonatas, film scores, ballet and opera.
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Composer(s)

Chris Jarrett (piano)

American born composer and pianist Chris Jarrett has been based in Germany for a number of years. He composes and performs musc that has a unique character; this does not sound like anyone other than Chris Jarrett. His music utilizes the structures of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation. He combines his secure instinct for formal structures with the spontaneity of jazz. Great influences to be heard in his music come from as diverse a list of personalities as Johannes Ockeghem, Sergej Prokofiev, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa. Jazz, classical, avant-garde and ethnic styles merge stunningly in his music. For this reason, he is often referred to by music journalists as a 'rebel' against the 'piano-establishment'. The music of...
more
American born composer and pianist Chris Jarrett has been based in Germany for a number of years. He composes and performs musc that has a unique character; this does not sound like anyone other than Chris Jarrett. His music utilizes the structures of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation. He combines his secure instinct for formal structures with the spontaneity of jazz. Great influences to be heard in his music come from as diverse a list of personalities as Johannes Ockeghem, Sergej Prokofiev, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa. Jazz, classical, avant-garde and ethnic styles merge stunningly in his music. For this reason, he is often referred to by music journalists as a "rebel" against the "piano-establishment".
The music of Chris Jarrett is vital and impulsive, full of breaks and surprises and rarely fits into the usual categories of the music industry. For Chris Jarrett, Frank Zappa is an equally valuable model as are the masters of the Baroque or the Renaissance. No wonder his repertoire ranges from atonal miniatures, to sonatas, film scores, ballet and opera.
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