Release Date: 05 August 2022
Label: OA2 Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805552219920
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
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."
"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)
Tracklisting
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Wil Swindler's Elevenet
George Cotsirilos Quartet
Charlie Porter, Nick Biello, Orrin Evans, Mike Moreno, David Wong, Damian Erskine, Behn Gillece & Kenneth Salters
Gregory Dudzienski Quartet
Jason Keiser, Larry Young, Ronnie Matthews, Woody Shaw
Stephen Jones & Ben Haugland
Charlie Apicella & Iron City meet The Griots Speak
Rich Pellegrin
Rich Pellegrin
