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The New York Rags

David Chesky

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Format: CD

Cat No: JD359

Release Date:  29 July 2013

Label:  Chesky

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  090368035967

Genres:  Jazz  Classical  

  • Description

    Three-time Grammy nominee David Chesky has earned great respect for his fresh and unique approach to musical compositions, which span the jazz and classical genres. The New York Times raves, "Chesky combines a gritty sophistication with street-level energy and currents of exotic folkishness". Chesky's series of 18 modern virtuoso solo piano rags are inspired by life in the bustling and intense metropolis of New York City, a place he has called home since 1974.

    The work seems to owe as much to Henry Cowell and Charles Ives' use of dissonance, Elliott Carter's atonalism, Conlon Nancarrow's experimental piano rolls, Leonard Bernstein's syncopation, and Cecil Taylor's whirlwind free jazz as they do to Joplin's ragtime classics. These pieces fuse David Chesky's unique rhythmic and harmonic style of composition, with stride piano and ragtime to capture the everyday life of modern pulsating New York City.

    Personnel: David Chesky (piano)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Rag No. 1 "The New Yorker"
      • 2. Rag No. 2 "The Bernstein"
      • 3. Rag No. 3 "The Duke"
      • 4. Rag No. 4 "Times Square"
      • 5. Rag No. 5 "Fourth Street"
      • 6. Rag No. 6 "Third Avenue"
      • 7. Rag No. 7 "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
      • 8. Rag No. 8 "Fifth Avenue"
      • 9. Rag No. 9 "Grand Central Morning"
      • 10. Rag No. 10 "Seventh Avenue"
      • 11. Rag No. 11 "The Circle at Fifth"
      • 12. Rag No. 12 "The Park Avenue Rag"
      • 13. Rag No. 13 "The Thanksgiving Day Parade Rag in 7/4"
      • 14. Rag No. 14 "Kids You're Late for School Rag"
      • 15. Rag No. 15 "The Manhattan Blues Variations Rag"
      • 16. Rag No. 16 "Penn Station"
      • 17. Rag No. 17 "The J Walker Rag"
      • 18. Rag No. 18 "The Coney Island Rag"