Passage: Solo Improvisations II

Magical and elusive...Pellegrin's imagination never flags...This is music I'll be returning to both for deep listening and for inspiration.
Jazz'halo (Belgium)

Recorded at Whidbey Island's charming Langley Methodist Church, near Seattle, pianist Rich Pellegrin captures the spirit of place in these times, exploring the wide-open spaces of the mind and reconnecting with water, mountains and forest. Selected from the same vault of recordings as 2021's Solitude, Passage offers a moody, contemplative spirit as it follows an evocative narrative structure, taking the listener on a cinematic journey through their own imagination. The piano itself, a relic with its own idiosyncrasies and character, is another personality in the performance as its creaks and exhortations suggest paths for the performance to wander. Through these two volumes, an accomplished musical mind with far-reaching intentions offers the freedom to just "be."

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Track Listing

Set One
Improvisation I 0:59
Improvisation II 0:54
Improvisation III 1:10
Improvisation IV 1:44
Improvisation V 1:08
Improvisation VI 0:58
Improvisation VII 2:47
Improvisation VIII 4:09
Improvisation IX 2:50

Set Two
Improvisation X 0:34
Improvisation XI 0:55
Improvisation XII 0:55
Improvisation XIII 1:30
Improvisation XIV 2:49
Improvisation XV 1:26
Improvisation XVI 2:52
Improvisation XVII 1:12
Improvisation XVIII 3:39
Improvisation XIX 1:09
Improvisation XX 3:12

Set Three
Improvisation XXI 2:21
Improvisation XXII 1:11
Improvisation XXIII 0:50
Improvisation XXIV 0:41
Improvisation XXV 2:08
Improvisation XXVI 2:09
Improvisation XXVII 0:57
Improvisation XXVII 0:36
Improvisation XXIX 1:05
Improvisation XXX 1:29

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