Bill Carrothers: Excelsior
Excelsior
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: OutNote, 2010
- Bestellnummer: 4949454
- Erscheinungstermin: 30.3.2012
*** Digipack
Bill Carrothers ist stilistisch schwer einzuordnen. Als musikalische Bezugspunkte stehen für ihn klassische Komponisten wie Bach, Brahms oder Messiaen gleichberechtigt neben Vertretern unterschiedlicher Jazzschulen wie Monk, Tristano, Corea oder Hancock. Diese vielfältigen Einflüsse verarbeitet Carrothers zu einem ganz eigenen Stil, der auch sein aktuelles und vielleicht persönlichstes Album prägt. Die Inspiration für „Excelsior“, einer Hommage an seine Heimat in Minnesota, entspringt ganz dem Augenblick, denn Carrothers ging bewusst ohne Masterplan oder konkretes motivisches Material in die Aufnahmesitzung. So sind bewegende musikalische Bilder entstanden, deren meditativer Kraft sich wohl kaum jemand zu entziehen vermag.
«Unpredictable ». This is the opinion of Bill Stewart, drummer and old time accomplice. Who could better define the pianist Bill Carrothers ? His career has been atypical. Amongst his references he mentions classic composers - from Bach and Brahms to Messiaen and Dutilleux- jazzmen of every school- Monk, Tristano, Corea and Hancock if one limits oneself to the pianists and, les obviously, military marches. We owe him indeed a revival of the songs of the American Civil War (« Civil War Diaries ») and a suite dedicated to the First World War (« Armistice 1918»). If he can evoke the flames of gunpowder with the 88 keys of his piano, he can also show himself peaceful, melancholic, dreamy. This is the Bill Carrothers who retired with his family to the Minnesota countryside. The one who in « Excelsior » evokes his home village in this same state. A humble district as so many others, like those Norman Rockwell used to paint, with a lake and wooded shores and its little playground. When he entered the studio for this solitary exercise solitaire, Bill Carrothers came with nothing in his pockets, neither overall framework nor even a couple of musical phrases. « It was the first time in my career ! I simply wanted to abandon myself to a meditation on Excelsior. Express what this town meant for me in my childhood and what it means today. » His inspiration takes off without flight plan. It takes us on an intimate and intimist journey which leaves us dazzled, moved and amazed.
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«Unpredictable ». This is the opinion of Bill Stewart, drummer and old time accomplice. Who could better define the pianist Bill Carrothers ? His career has been atypical. Amongst his references he mentions classic composers - from Bach and Brahms to Messiaen and Dutilleux- jazzmen of every school- Monk, Tristano, Corea and Hancock if one limits oneself to the pianists and, les obviously, military marches. We owe him indeed a revival of the songs of the American Civil War (« Civil War Diaries ») and a suite dedicated to the First World War (« Armistice 1918»). If he can evoke the flames of gunpowder with the 88 keys of his piano, he can also show himself peaceful, melancholic, dreamy. This is the Bill Carrothers who retired with his family to the Minnesota countryside. The one who in « Excelsior » evokes his home village in this same state. A humble district as so many others, like those Norman Rockwell used to paint, with a lake and wooded shores and its little playground. When he entered the studio for this solitary exercise solitaire, Bill Carrothers came with nothing in his pockets, neither overall framework nor even a couple of musical phrases. « It was the first time in my career ! I simply wanted to abandon myself to a meditation on Excelsior. Express what this town meant for me in my childhood and what it means today. » His inspiration takes off without flight plan. It takes us on an intimate and intimist journey which leaves us dazzled, moved and amazed.
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Wild Rose Lane
- 2 Trees
- 3 Amusement park
- 4 The commons
- 5 Holy, holy, holy
- 6 Lake Minnetonka
- 7 Bike ride
- 8 Soda fountain happiness
- 9 Water street - summer
- 10 Water street - winter
- 11 Excelsior bay fireworks
- 12 Whoville
- 13 Goodbye carousel
- 14 Cemetery on the hill
- 15 Bygone era
- 16 Excelsior in a dream
