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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: LOS140-2
- Format: CD
- UPC: 7090025831409
- Street Date: 01/15/16
- PreBook Date: 12/11/15
- Label: Losen Records »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 43:36 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2015
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
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David Arthur Skinner - Cubistic Boogie
Solo piano from stride to ragtime, from boogie to jazz and New Orleans
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Jazz is often categorised according to whether it is "old" or "new". "Old" jazz is supposed to be historically authentic, and "new" jazz is supposed to be experimental and creative. But music history doesn't have to go in a straight line. A musician doesn't always have to choose modern influences to create original music, and modern ideas can be packaged in an older style. Pianist David Arthur Skinner takes this approach in his second solo piano recording, "Cubistic Boogie". Following on from "Diagonal Jazz", released on Pling music in 2013, the music on this CD appears to be very traditional at first glance, with classic jazz tunes such as Ain't Misbehavin' and Caravan on the menu. But a closer listen reveals that this is not an "authentic" recording, but rather something new. Skinner combines stylistic elements from disparate sources, such as Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Pete Johnson, Alexander Scriabin, and Bulgarian folk music, as well as inspiration from Picasso and Escher. Rhythm and harmony are stretched and distorted in the manner of a modernist, while the music retains a musical identity firmly within the classic jazz tradition. The result is an album with a wide emotional range, with moments that are playful, sad, scary, surprising, confusing, absurd, melancholy and aggressive. Skinner explores the old tradition of the solo jazz pianist as not only a complete orchestra, but as a storyteller, in his own right.
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