| Life of a Petal | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | 5 December 1993 |
| Studio | Murec Studio, Milan |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Splasc(h) |
Life of a Petal is a solo piano album by Stefano Battaglia. It was recorded in 1993 and released by Splasc(h).
| Life of a Petal | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | 5 December 1993 |
| Studio | Murec Studio, Milan |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Splasc(h) |
Life of a Petal is a solo piano album by Stefano Battaglia. It was recorded in 1993 and released by Splasc(h).
The album of solo piano performances by Battaglia was recorded at Murec Studio in Milan on 5 December 1993. [1] Various harmonic structures are prevalent in his playing: "Making original use of arpeggiated scalar devices and intervallic structural shifts (cascading a skein of chords tonally from E flat through to A flat 7 while playing all the tones between on the left hand as the right hand builds scales from each half tone in 9/8 time is a common one) gives Battaglia room to juxtapose stylistic considerations not only from jazz but European classical musical as well". [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
Life of a Petal was released by Splasc(h), as was Baptism , another Battaglia solo piano album from the same year. [2] The AllMusic review concluded: "this is a physical record with spiritual undertones, a perfect mirror for Baptism in that it shows Battaglia's mettle as both the most inventive pianist of his generation in Italy [...] and his truly eloquent compositional language." [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that the pieces "often seem to be seeking an individual point that never arrives." [2]
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