{"product_id":"leaving-4","title":"Leaving","description":"\u003cp\u003ePianist\/composer \u003cstrong\u003eRichie Beirach\u003c\/strong\u003e re-imagines well-known jazz standards in a stunning solo piano concert at France's Château Fleur Cardinale. Forty-five years after his first solo piano recording, \u003cem\u003eHubris\u003c\/em\u003e, for ECM Records, Brooklyn-born \u003cstrong\u003eRichie Beirach\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to that intimate and revealing setting on \u003cem\u003eLeaving\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA live concert in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, near Bordeaux, France, this collection of jazz standards he has played innumerable times over his long and illustrious career finds the 75-year-old pianist plumbing new depths of emotion and heights of expression in a highly exploratory program. \"I've never recorded a whole CD of standards playing solo piano,\" said \u003cstrong\u003eBeirach\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Usually in concert I present original material or I just play a lot of free improv stuff, but this time I wanted to go back and play these tunes again solo in front of a live audience. And I was amazed at the things that I found.\" Performing on a 9-foot Steinway grand piano before an intimate gathering of 120 people in a French chateau wine tasting room, \u003cstrong\u003eBeirach\u003c\/strong\u003e puts his own unique stamp on timeless standards like \"\u003cem\u003eNardis\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"\u003cem\u003eSolar\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"'Round Midnight,\" \"\u003cem\u003eFootprints\u003c\/em\u003e,\" and \"\u003cem\u003eSome Other Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the concert, he also strings tunes together in unexpected medleys, like \"\u003cem\u003eWhat Is This Thing Called Love?\u003c\/em\u003e\"\/\"\u003cem\u003eAlone Together\u003c\/em\u003e\"\/\"\u003cem\u003eBlue in Green\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eSpring Is Here\u003c\/em\u003e\"\/\"\u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e\"\/\"\u003cem\u003eMonk's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\"\/\"\u003cem\u003eYou Don't Know What Love Is\u003c\/em\u003e.\" And while he incorporates such devices as reharmonization of themes, rhythmic reinvention, counterpoint, and motivic development, \u003cstrong\u003eBeirach\u003c\/strong\u003e is also mindful of incorporating the swing factor into his interpretations of these standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am unabashedly a jazz pianist, I can swing, and I love it,\" he said. \"And I think the people can feel that. A lot of guys play without the swing feel, and it's still very good and beautiful. But there's something about swinging that is a part of my musical makeup.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzline","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465210859851,"sku":"2016696","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_e1cd87bc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727283029","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/leaving-4","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}