Solo (Remaster) Lynne Arriale

• 1 La Noche 03:50
• 2 The Dove 04:09
• 3 Evidence 04:00
• 4 Wouldn't It Be Loverly 05:51
• 5 Will O' the Wisp 04:42
• 6 Yada, Yada, Yada 03:34
• 7 Arise 05:07
• 8 Dance 04:34
• 9 What Is This Thing Called Love 03:14
• 10 Sea and Sand 03:58
• 11 Bye-Ya 04:53
• 12 And so It Goes 04:25
• Total Runtime 52:17

Info for Solo (Remaster)

With each new release and each new tour, Lynne Arriale’s critical acclaim and audience appeal seems to reach another stratum. With the release of her new recording, Solo, Arriale once again engages the spirit of reinvention and rises above the very best of her past efforts with an album of sublime beauty and virtuosity. Motema founder / owner Jana Herzen said of Arriale, 'Lynne has been with us since 2003, she was the second artist on the label and one of our truly brilliant and best selling artists through the years. So many times I have enjoyed hearing her in a group setting and yet at the same time had a longing to hear her pianistic voice solo and unadorned. Her fingers 'singing' solo on this disc unsurprisingly turned out to be every bit engaging as I imagined and then some.'

On Solo, which features bold new originals alongside works by Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Billy Joel and Lerner and Lowe, the spotlight is directly on Arriale’s piano artistry, and her passionate spirit for this instrument, and for this music, shines with layers of deep emotion. “Some people write in their journals . . . I create my journal through music; expressing what I cannot put into words,” said Arriale.

Following 15 years of working exclusively within the trio and quartet formats on her first nine CDs, Arriale decided the time was right for her to record her first solo CD. Arriale explains, “in rehearsing and recording this program I discovered so much about the solo art form. Without other musicians as part of the dialogue, it became essential to make the range of the music wider and think ‘orchestrally.’ That discovery is having a great impact on my playing now in any configuration. When recording and performing, my focus is always to use melody, rhythm, touch and tone to tell a musical story to my audiences in a way that I hope will touch their hearts. My challenge is to ‘go within,’ and hopefully find the notes that will resonate with the audience. Like a writer looking for just the right word that will bring a phrase to life, I search for just the right notes and nuance of expression. In this respect, 'Solo' is simply a continuation of my musical vision, but in a new context.”

For Arriale, this project is also a close and personal interpretation of the music, and for the listener it’s an opportunity to hear Arriale with a new perspective, and a heightened level of intimacy. “Playing solo piano brings us inside the music and creates a closeness between performer and listener,” commented Arriale. “Solo piano is so exposed, it involves an inner exploration and an orchestral approach. Improvisational music is alive; we don’t know what is around the next corner, and the music can go in a multitude of directions, especially in a solo piano format, so I wanted the pieces to unfold organically, to follow their own direction. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making this music.”

'Lauded for more than a decade’s worth of acclaimed quartet and trio recordings, Lynne Arriale’s solo project introduces a new batch of evidence suggesting she’s one of the top working pianists in her field.' (DownBeat)

'A style that is both in tune with legends such as Jarrett and Tyner but also aligned with contemporaries like Charlap and Mehldau. People need to know and discover the simple beauty and complexity of Lynne Arriale.

I've always loved the intimacy of Lynne Arriale's records but nothing will strike you more than when you hear a great musician alone with their instrument than when you hear 'Solo.' A wonderful record for all jazz fans (and yes you there thinking you're not a jazz fan–yes, you).' (JazzWrap)

'Arriale gets everything it is possible to get out of each note... She has attained such a level of mastery in her approach that all she requires is a brief moment of polish before she moves on... a near subconscious fluidity of motion and thought.' (AllAboutJazz)

„a great, organic pianist whose beautiful and muscular playing ranks with Mehldau and Bill Evans.” (LA Weekly)

“The poet laureate of her generation… a stunning composer and prolific recording artist who has followed her muse without compromise.” (Andrea Canter, Jazz Police)

“Arriale is putting the heart back into jazz” (The London Times)

“I can’t really compare her to anyone. She has a really unique place in the music world. Her music transcends the word ‘jazz’ – it is just pure music. It’s all about nuance with Lynne.” (Multi Grammy Award Winning Artist Randy Brecker)

Lynne Arriale, piano

Lynne Arriale
is sparking the imaginations and stealing the hearts of critics and audiences around the world. “It’s always thrilling when a new star shines in the jazz firmament,” writes BBC Music Magazine’s Ian Carr. “[Her] piano persona puts her on the short list of today’s noteworthy jazz keyboardists,” declares the Chicago Reader. “...One of the most intellectual, introspective and insightful swingers on the current scene. She brings a flawless touch, an impeccable sense of complex rhythms and a harmonic curiosity to everything she attempts,” reports JazzTimes.

The Lynne Arriale Trio routinely draws standing ovations, as it did at the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams “Women in Jazz” Festival (2002). The Washington Post praised the trio’s “...crisscrossing genre lines with impunity, elegantly juxtaposing and harmonically refreshing the music of Bernstein, Ellington, Lennon/McCartney, Bacharach and Monk.” Beginning her musical studies at age 4, Arriale went on to earn a master’s degree in classical composition. In her 20s, she discovered improvisation and turned to jazz, soon developing her own sound. “My classical years had a great influence on me,” explains Arriale, “Teachers used to tell me: ‘You have to sing this line.’...It took me years to teach my fingers how to sing.” But sing they do, and beautifully so. In a 2002 profile, Billboard called Arriale one of “Jazz’s most valuable young players.” And DownBeat hailed her as “a powerhouse...a singular voice as a pianist and as a leader.”

Raised by adoptive parents, Arriale learned later in life that her birth mother had been a professional jazz singer. Lynne states, “It was a revelation. I'd always wondered where my passion for melody and improvisation had come from.” Perhaps her background also contributes to the distinctly vocal quality of her style, cultivated through singing the melody when composing and practicing in order to maintain 'a strong heart connection.”

Often compared to the great trio traditions of Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Arriale is distinguished from her peers by her exclusive devotion to playing in the trio format. “[Her trio] has attained a level of communication paramount to all great threesomes,” writes JAZZIZ. Grammy award- winning jazz critic Bob Blumenthal declares that Arriale, along with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Davis play with “a shared metabolism [as] one of the most empathetic threesomes in jazz.”

“Steve and I have been playing together for over 10 years,” explains Arriale. Davis, who has more than 70 recordings to his credit, has also played and recorded with David Liebman, Bill Evans and Richie Bierach, among others. “Steve’s broad experience has shaped his vision of music and given him great flexibility. The many different grooves he’s developed have helped create our signature sound,” explains Arriale. Bassist, composer Jay Anderson has also been a regular member in the bands of Toots Thielman, Michael Franks and Joe Sample, to name a few, and has won numerous awards for both jazz and classical performance. “Jay’s playing is so melodic. Sometimes when he plays a solo, I wish I could stop playing and just listen,” says Arriale.

Arriale personally challenges herself to connect with each note she plays and devotes equal passion to choosing repertoire. The selections on ARISE span many styles, weaving a common thread through the social consciousness of several generations. The album’s title sprang from Lynne’s emotional response to our uncertain times.

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