Piano Solo (Stefano Bollani album)

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Piano Solo
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Studio album by
Released2006
RecordedAugust 2005
Genre Jazz
Length68:30
Label ECM
ECM 1964
Producer Manfred Eicher
Stefano Bollani chronology
I Visionari
(2006)
Piano Solo
(2006)
Carioca
(2008)

Piano Solo is a solo album by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani recorded in August 2005 and released on ECM the following year. [1]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Bollani can improvise on Prokofiev, trip along through a Dixieland standard... turn out splendidly intricate paraphrases... He also likes to make improbable associations... For the most part, all of this is filtered through a distinct, poetic, never flashy for its own sake, improvising personality, a lovely touch, and a concise sense of structure." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Stefano Bollani except as indicated
  1. "Antonia" (Antonio Zambrini) – 4:52
  2. "Impro I" – 3:12
  3. "Impro II" – 3:05
  4. "On a Theme by Sergey Prokofiev" – 5:27
  5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:46
  6. "Promenade" – 4:05
  7. "Impro III" – 3:35
  8. "A Media Luz" (Edgardo Donato, Carlos Cesar Lenzi) – 4:39
  9. "Impro IV" – 3:43
  10. "Buzzillare" – 3:11
  11. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) – 4:36
  12. "Cómo Fue" (Ernesto Duarte Brito) – 4:12
  13. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 5:35
  14. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 2:37
  15. "Sarcasmi" – 3:27
  16. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 6:18

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed November 10, 2011
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed November 10, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 149. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.