Track Listings
| 1. Improvisation 1 | ||
| 2. Piano Piece with Chopsticks and Paintbrush | ||
| 3. Improvisation 2 | ||
| 4. Piano Piece with a large number of tools | ||
| 5. Piano Piece with soundboard resonance | ||
| 6. Piano Piece with soundboard resonance 2 | ||
| 7. Piano Piece with large tweezers | ||
| 8. Improvisation 3 | ||
| 9. Improvisation 4 | ||
| 10. Piano Piece for the piano as a harp | ||
| 11. Improvisation 5 | ||
| 12. Improvisation 6 | ||
| 13. Piano Piece with file and brush | ||
| 14. Improvisation 7 | ||
| 15. Piano Piece with doorstop and metal comb | ||
| 16. Improvisation 8 | ||
| 17. Piano Piece with file and toothbrush | ||
| 18. Improvisation 9 | ||
| 19. Improvisation 10 |
Editorial Reviews
Valerie Reimer, music critic
[Garten's] music has depth and feeling rarely heard from a pianist so young.
About the Artist
Joel Garten was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 and has been composing music since the age of eleven. Garten has given concerts on three continents, including a memorable impromptu concert in the Shar-Dor Medrassa in Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Garten has traveled to more than twenty countries, absorbing various musical/cultural influences, including studying gamelan with an aged master in Bali, Indonesia. This is his debut compact disc.
Album Description
Joel Garten is an emerging young composer, who is quickly becoming known as one of the most stimulating and exceptional musicians of our time. On this engaging CD, Garten performs his trademark solo piano improvisations, revealing a composer and performer who is both young and fresh, but also an experienced musician who has been part of the musical avant-garde since childhood. On this remarkable set of recordings, created in four sessions at Garten's own studio, he plays from the heart, and often reaches inside the piano, strumming the strings with his fingers, with paint brushes, and all sorts of hardware. This is a CD not to be missed by those interested in the present and future of experimental jazz and modern classical music.
Joel Garten : Improvisations
Joel Garten : Improvisations, Music, Joel Garten
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Joel Garten : Improvisations
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ASIN: B00005LIMT Release Date: 2001-05-20 |
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Album Description
Joel Garten is an emerging young composer, who is quickly becoming known as one of the most stimulating and exceptional musicians of our time. On this engaging CD, Garten performs his trademark solo piano improvisations, revealing a composer and performer who is both young and fresh, but also an experienced musician who has been part of the musical avant-garde since childhood. On this remarkable set of recordings, created in four sessions at Garten's own studio, he plays from the heart, and often reaches inside the piano, strumming the strings with his fingers, with paint brushes, and all sorts of hardware. This is a CD not to be missed by those interested in the present and future of experimental jazz and modern classical music.Customer Reviews:
Astounding music, improvised live.......2006-02-11
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