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Pianist
spotlights his poetic, harmonically nuanced solo piano work on 2024's
. The album is
's second for the storied
label, following his 2022 duet collaboration with trumpeter
,
. Produced by
in Lugano, Switzerland's Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, the same concert hall where they recorded with
features a mix of delicately rendered standards alongside a handful of the pianist's originals. While
is more closely associated with his straight-ahead interpretations of classic American Songbook standards, here he displays just how painterly and surprisingly avant-garde his tastes lean. There's a sense on
that
is composing in the moment, balancing the artful melodicism he is known for with sustained moments of freely improvised flights of fancy. Several of this own compositions have titles inspired by the work of painter
, including "Volon" and "Aeon." Those, along with evocatively titled songs like "Night Tide Light," have a modern classical feeling, marked by long, languid phrases and shadowy dissonance. There's also "Little Song," a lilting, dancerly piece he originally wrote for
and which he presents here for the first time. All of these conjure an evocative vibe, like
in deep, improvisational reflection with
, and one he carries through to the standards. Here, he sinks into a lovelorn rendition of
's "Star-Crossed Lovers" and illuminates the moon-dappled classical influences at the core of
's "The Wind" and
's "Winter of My Discontent." ~ Matt Collar