Weston, Veryan / Tesselations
| Album: | Tesselations | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Weston, Veryan | Added: | Nov 2003 | |
| Label: | Emanem | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-11-10 | Pull Date: | 2004-01-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 11 | Dec 14 | Nov 16 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 09, 2004: | Memory Select
Scales 39-52 and 1 [excerpt] |
3. | Dec 11, 2003: | Baptism of Solitude
Scales 7-12 |
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| 2. | Dec 12, 2003: | Memory Select
Scales 13-26 [excerpt] |
4. | Nov 14, 2003: | Memory Select
Scales 7-12 |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-11-21
Reviewed 2003-11-21
Solo piano in an upbeat jazz-recital mood, with lots of fast, precise playing and nicely melodic soloing. Abstract feel overall. It's upbeat but rather relaxing in a way.
The gimmick is that he's playing "Lutheal" piano: a grand piano outfitted with a mechanism to change the strings' timbre, muting the piano or making it sound like a harpsichord. (There's a photo of the Lutheal on the back of the CD booklet.)
As for the "melodic soloing" ... Weston apparently walks through a series of 52 scales, which aren't explained in the booklet. (I think he just *changes* scales 51 times, so he doesn't use 52 different scales). Whatever - it sounds nice.
1- Starts near-silent and crystalline; gets into some more vicious playing with a muted sound.
2- Chaotic scramble. Gets into some interesting, jazzy low-note grooves.
3- Keeps an upbeat jazzy sound. Listen for Lutheal effects a little after the halfway point ... makes it sound like a fast-forward toy piano.
4- A children's march with low notes. Gets fast and dissonant.
5- Skippy riffs with fun Lutheal effects.
The gimmick is that he's playing "Lutheal" piano: a grand piano outfitted with a mechanism to change the strings' timbre, muting the piano or making it sound like a harpsichord. (There's a photo of the Lutheal on the back of the CD booklet.)
As for the "melodic soloing" ... Weston apparently walks through a series of 52 scales, which aren't explained in the booklet. (I think he just *changes* scales 51 times, so he doesn't use 52 different scales). Whatever - it sounds nice.
1- Starts near-silent and crystalline; gets into some more vicious playing with a muted sound.
2- Chaotic scramble. Gets into some interesting, jazzy low-note grooves.
3- Keeps an upbeat jazzy sound. Listen for Lutheal effects a little after the halfway point ... makes it sound like a fast-forward toy piano.
4- A children's march with low notes. Gets fast and dissonant.
5- Skippy riffs with fun Lutheal effects.
Track Listing
| 1. | Scales 1-6 | 3. | Scales 13-26 | |||
| 2. | Scales 7-12 | 4. | Scales 27-39 | |||
| 5. | Scales 39-52 and 1 | |||||