Today's Jubilant Sounds 20130723

[furtwaengler]

Hey, where they went? Ah...post to the wind.

A piano. Yamaha C7 on that little stage. Not in tune, but still a far different pallet to work with than the Baldwin. It's kind of otherworldly how the sound spreads out in that room and the results the Zoom picks up in the back (where the outlet is). It may be a fit study, how the instrument effects the inspiration. That and the difference in how improvisation adapts to an instrument, versus a composition. Indeed that is part of the experiment of this topic: Of four solid things picked up in a 30 minute space of recording. Two are improvisations with the third a rushed fragment of the Alkan solo concerto (itself ending in improv at my memory's failure) which for several hours previous was the subject of my visit...determining whether it is too late to put it together for November.

Actually after the tiring effort of making 2-3 runs of the outer movements of the Alkan concerto, aided by sheets printed 4 to a page in the midst of trying to really practice passages as well, this whole improv session became a true release of everything...just let it fly.

[furtwaengler]

An interesting mix of beautiful and not beautiful sounds. This is the longest of the bunch, and the one which started the recording.