Description
The first of two great compact discs full of the inventive and challenging solo piano stylings of Ran Blake. Long one of the prime movers of the Third Stream, Blake has been honored with a prestigious Mac Arthur Foundation Fellowship in recognition of his unique and profound artistry.
The two albums comprising Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake follow Blake’s essential vision through his own compositions as well as interpretations of musics ranging from the jazz standards of Duke Ellington and Jerome Kern and of Scott Joplin rags of Volume 1 to the ancient Sephardic folk tunes and contemporary Spanish art songs that form the heart of Volume 2.
PERFORMERS
Ran Blake, piano
PROGRAM
1. Azure (Ellington) 3:02
2. Skrontch (Ellington) 2:34
3. Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington) 1:45
4. What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?
(Williams, Webster, Lawrence) 2:40
5. Ezzthetic (Russell) 3:51
6. Interlude (Rugolo, Russell) 5:00
7. Painted Rhythm (Kenton) 1:19
8. Who (Kern, Hammerstein, Harbach) 2:30
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern, Harbach) 5:53
10. Impresario of Death (Blake) 3:39
11. Moonlight on the Ganges (Ewing, Wallace) 2:24
12. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles) 1:40
13. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) 3:12
14. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) 3:21
15. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) 2:07
Recorded (#1-13) in December 1985 at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and (#14-15) at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Producer: Gunther Schuller
ALSO AVAILABLE
for downloads and streaming on Amazon as well as other digital sites.
