Piket, Roberta / Domestic Harmony - Piket Plays Mintz
Album: Domestic Harmony - Piket Plays Mintz   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Piket, Roberta   Added:Dec 2019
Label:13th Note  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-01-29 Pull Date: 2020-05-13 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 15 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9 Feb 2
Airplays: 2 1 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 13, 2021: Traditions (rebroadcast from Dec 10, 2021)
Ghost Sanctuary
4. Mar 10, 2020: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Ugly Beautiful
2. Dec 10, 2021: Traditions
Ghost Sanctuary
5. Mar 07, 2020: Music Casserole
Ugly Beautiful
3. Mar 12, 2020: Old fart At Play
Flight
6. Feb 29, 2020: Music Casserole
Ghost Sanctuary

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-12-28
Reviewed: 2019-12-28
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This is a birthday present for pianist Piket’s husband, drummer Billy Mintz. Mintz writes simple and distinctively quirky tunes. Piket interprets these for solo piano with a devotional zest, and with obvious love. A spin through Mintz' discography reveals his "outside" approach to composition. For her part, Piket has been described as an outside/inside artist. On this disc, she brings the Mintz sound closer to the inside, revealing the simple beauty of Mintz’s tunes.
If You Like: Thelonious Monk, Matthew Shipp, Keith Jarrett
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Ghost Sanctuary (7:04) – piano starts slow, builds to midtempo> builds in volume, then subsides> slow fade
2/ Beautiful You (4:22) – piano starts slow, builds to midtempo> builds in tempo> pause> hesitant flurries of notes> quick stop
3/ Looking Down At The Stars (3:17) – piano starts slow & hesitant> slow solo> quick fade
4/ Shmear (4:39) – piano starts lightning fast> pause> majestic heavy notes> pause> lighting fast run swings into fast tempo solo> majestic heavy notes> lightning fast run quick stop
**5/ Flight (6:03) – piano starts midtempo> weaves back & forth, then swings uptempo> slows to fade
*6/ Destiny (8:12) – piano starts slow & quiet> slow song> piano solo swings to midtempo> slow song> fade
**7/ Your Touch (4:49) – piano starts hard & slow> swings to midtempo> quick fade
**8/ Blinds Eye (4:16) – piano starts hard with a quick crescendo> midtempo solo weaves back & forth> builds to uptempo> pause> midtempo solo swings uptempo briefly> quick stop
***9/ Ugly Beautiful (5:26) – piano starts midtempo> midtempo solo builds in volume & intensity> slow fade
*10/ Cannonball (5:48) – piano starts midtempo> midtempo solo> crescendo> pause> crescendo end


Track Listing
1. Ghost Sanctuary   6. Destiny
2. Beautiful You   7. Your Touch
3. Looking Down At The Stars   8. Blinds Eye
4. Shmear   9. Ugly Beautiful
5. Flight   10. Cannonball