Title - Symphony
Artist - Jean-Michel Pilc
For those unaware, Paris-born�Jean-Michel Pilc�s artistry comes from an expansive imagination and a fearless sensibility of musical exploration. He is self-taught as a piano player and composer.
There is liberty that comes with that, an unobstructed view of the palette of music and harmony. On his latest release,�Symphony (out via Justin Time Records),�Pilc realizes that fearlessness and freedom completely.�As he explains, the genesis of the recording came in November 2021:
�Right after recording Spanish saxophonist Xose Miguelez�s excellent album�Contradictio, and inspired by the perfect conditions at OJM Studios in Portugal � beautiful Steinway piano, perfect acoustics and technical conditions � I decided it was time for a �special� session as part of my solo project, so Xose and Jos� Trincado, our sound engineer, were kind enough to let me sit at the piano for as long as I wanted, improvise freely, and be recorded.�
�Without any intention other than making music, I started playing. When inspiration sets in, you leave the �real world� and music leads you through a new universe of its own. That�s what happened, and when I stopped, everyone was so enthusiastic about the result that they generously offered to mix and master it carefully for a future release which they said was inevitable. After listening to it myself, I agreed with their assessment. So here it is, and I hope the listener will go on the same journey I did that day.�
1. Leaving
2. Discovery
3. The Encounter
4. First Dance
5. Just Get Up
6. Way To Go
7. Understanding
8. Waltz For Xose
9. Not Falling This Time
10. I�ll Be Back
This oh-so beautifully sculptured, organically-blossoming recording opens on the sheer, crystalline gossamer of Leaving and the more stoically-infused Discovery and follows those up with the quieter fare of The Encounter, the jarring organic, wholly jagged, yet nonetheless melodic First Dance and then we get the tautly-sculpted Just Get Up.
This entirely improvised solo recording continues with the playful notes and rhythms within Way To Go and the lucid rumble within Understanding and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the delightfully flirtatious Waltz For Xose, the recording rounding out on the chiseled, jazz free-fall of Not Falling This Time, closing on the softly euphoric, ensured and diligent I�ll Be Back.
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