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Variations on Italian Pastoral Themes
[22:58] James Armstrong |
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Ballad
[7:53] James Armstrong |
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This new solo recording presents an extended improvisation on contrasting themes, and interpretations of an older student work. In both performances, consonance and dissonance are freely explored to create what Thelonious Monk might have termed an 'ugly beauty'.
Variations on Italian Pastoral Themes taps into my distant memories of Europe, during an extended stay there as an expatriate (1965-1966).
Ballad was written in 1980, and attempts to synthesize music by Monk and Horace Silver, who were among my influences at the time.
With many thanks to Cookie Marenco and Patrick O'Connor at OTR Studios.
All compositions by James David Armstrong, Jr. (BMI)
Recorded by Cookie Marenco and Patrick O’Connor at OTR Studios / May 7, 2011
Cover art “Medusa #1” by Hiroko Sakai
