Richie Beirach

One of the things I wanted to do with this new website / blog was regularly devote the 'cards' to pianists, those perhaps less famous and less in the international circuits, beginning with a listing on Richie Beirach, pianist whom I had made some mention in previously.

Richie Beirach, and 'born in 1947 in New York, and' formed through the study of classical music influences evident in his music, and later, and 'specializing in jazz through Berklee. It 'a pianist in my opinion underrated despite his great inventiveness and richness of tone, his playing and' although it recognized due to the school of Bill Evans. And 'piano playing Beirach able to issue a poignant lyricism, and forays into more free' pushed. This of course, his playing is reflected in collaborations ranging from Stan Getz since its inception in the 70 to the continuous collaboration with saxophonist David Liebman. Another very unusual and interesting aspect of the poetics of Beirach classical influences are more 'modern, like the school of Schoenberg and Berg, which are present in moments of more' broad experimentation and freedom 'of his solo piano.

Selected Discography (in random order with the suggestions they gave me the disks)

The discs are naturally Beirach extremely difficult to find, something is in the P2P circuits, other things are available at costs significantly elevated in the shops around the world.

I've chosen few who are able to represent well the way he played.

I love the suggestions of the compositions of Monteverdi, and the trio Beirach this disc manages to bring them back intact with the shape of the jazz language. The disc starts with the beautiful Lamento d'Arianna and fails to disclose in its total simplicity 'Monteverdi's compositional style that combines in a surprising way with improvisation.

We use the music's atmosphere to convey how marvelous it is - and we are Also Able to add new colors and textures to jazz. Sometimes we may only take the nucleus of a melody and Improvise over it. " (Richie Beirach)

The beauty of this album is also exploring the world around Monteverdi and then play the Stabat Mater Pergoles or Sicilian by JS Bach.

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One of the great merits of the series Live at Maybeck and 'precisely to be able to perform in solo piano, pianists less known but no less talented. Some of these volumes are unfortunately unavailable, including that of Beirach, which should be available for download on Emusic.Com legally.
A very hard 'strong', where 'you can admire the verve of Beirach treated lyrically in a choice of standards, and open passages of music that can literally shake the soul. It 's really impressive interpretation of a standard as famous as abused and played not as well as On Green Dolphin Street, which is all played on a bicordo on the left hand with a syncopated obsessive accompanies all development. Again and 'can listen to a version of RoundAboutMidnight totally unorthodox, and absolutely a dream that starts Medley Over The Rainbow to arrive at In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning. One of the disks more 'successful this wonderful series for solo piano.

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Hubris in modern greek means something like overconfidence in themselves often with disastrous results. In the classic sense, the term Hubris against the gods, the nemesis and led to the destruction of themselves.
The use of the metaphor of the Greek tragedy, and the exasperation of dramatic tension, are desperately in this disc, one of the early Beirach, produced by the ECM and quite underrated in its evocative power. There are some real gems like the beautiful composition Leaving that Beirach revisited often in his productions. The music and 'direct and the lyricism of Beirach prevails on his abstract and impressionist vein, leaving the task to the lyricism of evoking the power of the tragedy.

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Yet another of the 70 ECM production in the long unavailable on CD and is currently available only through the circuits Japanese (luckily we have them) at a price. A record that saw the active participation of Jack DeJohnette and decisive. A hard adventure, tells again of distant landscapes and ancestral, and the song Sea Priestess 'absolutely a masterpiece of balance with only one truly historic Jack Dejohnette, one in a long whisper, a roar within, and' always a pleasure Dejohnette and listen to a trio when 'in top form as in this performance. The vein of melancholy pervades Beirach all the compositions of this great album, a disc a must to enter the poetic Beirach.

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A disc in which 'can admire the imagination in dealing with material from the trio in the classic tradition of jazz. You can not miss the title track and a review once again the unorthodox classic Autumn Leaves

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Other hard to learn to listen to Beirach are:
1. Emerald City 1994 (w. John Abercrombie)
2. 1994 Antarctic
3. Convergence 1991
4. Trust 1997
6. Only Live 1981
7. Leaving
8. Convergence 1991 (w. George Coleman)
9. Round about Federico Mompou (another foray into traditional territories)

On Air Beirach Story

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