Solo Piano
Jazz
| Sep 2005
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-12-04
Reviewed 2005-12-04
Solo piano. Thollem's previous albums (filed under "Thollem/Rivera") showed off oddball jazz stylings; here he's a bit more on the serious classical side but still flashing some weirdness. It carries the seriousness of chamber music but the attitude of, well, college radio.
These seem to be improvised pieces, each one running through two or three short ideas, often with little pauses in there. Fun and interesting, and a very different kind of solo piano record.
1- Super fast and turbulent, then delicate faux-new-age. Then fast rollicking fun.
2- Off-kilter runs. Then ocean-wave chords and slow melody
3- Fairly fast, scattery
4- Playful, gets into wacky inside-the-piano antics
5- Cascading classical notes, mostly midtempo. Spare.
6- Fast, gnarled notes. Ends with cool unison playing.
7- Ringing pounding chords. Then plinky calm that builds into chaos.
8- Stern chase music, then high-note playfulness
9- Lots of stillness, particularly later on -- even though it's fast.
10- Almost like silent-movie music. Fast and bouncy, then sparse 11- Stringy melodic exercises; strong ending
12- Slowish start, into fast angular doodles
13- Couple of small passages, then a rolling rollicking one
These seem to be improvised pieces, each one running through two or three short ideas, often with little pauses in there. Fun and interesting, and a very different kind of solo piano record.
1- Super fast and turbulent, then delicate faux-new-age. Then fast rollicking fun.
2- Off-kilter runs. Then ocean-wave chords and slow melody
3- Fairly fast, scattery
4- Playful, gets into wacky inside-the-piano antics
5- Cascading classical notes, mostly midtempo. Spare.
6- Fast, gnarled notes. Ends with cool unison playing.
7- Ringing pounding chords. Then plinky calm that builds into chaos.
8- Stern chase music, then high-note playfulness
9- Lots of stillness, particularly later on -- even though it's fast.
10- Almost like silent-movie music. Fast and bouncy, then sparse 11- Stringy melodic exercises; strong ending
12- Slowish start, into fast angular doodles
13- Couple of small passages, then a rolling rollicking one
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Charting
2005-12-04 — 2006-02-05
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 5 | 1 |
| Jan 22 | 1 |
| Jan 15 | 2 |
| Dec 18 | 2 |
| Dec 11 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Ancient Futures | ||
| 2. | Death Is Our Only Deadline | ||
| 3. | The Poor Are Canaries And The Prophets | ||
| 4. | I Know That I Think That I Feel | ||
| 5. | Gone Beyond Reason To Find One | ||
| 6. | Faithful Skepticism | ||
| 7. | Black Elk Speaks | ||
| 8. | Mind's Found An Opening | ||
| 9. | The Ohlone Way | ||
| 10. | Through Confusion Comes Understanding | ||
| 11. | One Breath Is Worth Dying Twice For | ||
| 12. | A Moment Is Only If, And Then, And Then, And Then | ||
| 13. | Living Is The Strangest Thing I've Done |