Paul Tynan

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MUSIC REVIEW BY Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist

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The concept behind trumpeter and composer Paul Tynan's latest album as a leader is quite interesting: he commissioned artworks from six friends (one of them his wife), and used each piece as the inspiration for a jazz composition. But he didn't just take a melodic idea from each image; instead, his tunes are composed and arranged in intimate conversation with the artworks. For example, Tynan is a synaesthete, which means that colors are sometimes associated with musical tones in his mind; his composition "Everything I Have" is directly informed by the colors in his wife's painting of the same name. Paul Vienneau's "Swirl" is written as a through-composed piece that reflects the nature of the painting (down to the open space near its top) and its relation to the artist's personal life. And so forth. That Tynan's music can do all this while also swinging mightily is quite impressive. (Rick's Pick)








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