Listen

01 Gesse of the Cotton Club

02 Follow Your Heart

03 Iambic pentameter

04 Soothing the Beast

05 Fugue

06 Whisper

07 Fallen angel

08 Fats

09 Cry the echo

10 Edge of the forest

11 Blues for Obama

12 Two bit 12 bar

13 Distill

14 Final embrace

15 Recurring dream

16 Blue

17 The New Age

18 Carnevale

19 Jewel

20 Snow mountains

21 Wall Street

Piano Forte Piano

  1. Gesse of the Cotton Club (1:40)
  2. Follow Your Heart (1:56)
  3. Iambic pentameter (1:04)
  4. Soothing the Beast (1:56)
  5. Fugue (1:56)
  6. Whisper (2:09)
  7. Fallen angel (2:47)
  8. Fats (2:15)
  9. Cry the echo (4:02)
  10. Edge of the forest (1:24)
  11. Blues for Obama (1:20)
  12. Two bit 12-bar (1:44)
  13. Distill (2:54)
  14. Final embrace (1:59)
  15. Recurring dream (1:51)
  16. Blue (4:47)
  17. The New Age (1:35)
  18. Carnevale (2:08)
  19. Jewel (2:26)
  20. Snow, mountains (2:23)
  21. Wall Street (2:50)

cover photo by Paul Hadley

Piano Forte Piano delves into the sound of multiple pianos. Rarely are more than two pianos played simultaneously. When many are heard in a separate contrapuntal or independent manner, the power and mechanism become a focal point. Employing my noncooperative approach – freeing tempo, verticality and tonality – a hybrid expression becomes possible, and new unique textures emerge. – RF