Yelena Eckemoff – Colors Live at Kito Bremen (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:52 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Composer and pianist Yelena Eckemoff’s Colors (L&H Production, 2019) was a duet with drummer Manu Katche, a unique instrumentation in her ever-growing list of works. His contributions were so singular that when she had an opportunity to celebrate the album release by playing the music live at KITO in Bremen, Germany in 2019, and he could not make the gig, she opted to play solo rather than hire another drummer. It was the first time in about 15 years that she took the stage as a piano soloist, because she stopped performing as a classical concert pianist after starting her jazz journey.For this live performance, she kept the track order of the original album, because the story behind the album represented colors as stages of life, from birth (white) to death (black). Not having a drummer keeping time, she played more freely, focusing on nuances of the phrasing. The chosen tempos were quite different (often faster) to when playing with Katché. Despite this, the lengths of the pieces were close to the recordings for the most part, which probably illustrates the strength of the compositional structures.
Tracklist:
1-1. Yelena Eckemoff – White (Live at KITO Bremen) (04:53)
1-2. Yelena Eckemoff – Pink (Live at KITO Bremen) (04:36)
1-3. Yelena Eckemoff – Orange (Live at KITO Bremen) (03:50)
1-4. Yelena Eckemoff – Green (Live at KITO Bremen) (05:27)
1-5. Yelena Eckemoff – Violet (Live at KITO Bremen) (05:19)
1-6. Yelena Eckemoff – Indigo (Live at KITO Bremen) (02:57)
1-7. Yelena Eckemoff – Blue (Live at KITO Bremen) (05:45)
1-8. Yelena Eckemoff – Red (Live at KITO Bremen) (06:25)
1-9. Yelena Eckemoff – Brown (Live at KITO Bremen) (03:48)
1-10. Yelena Eckemoff – Bordeaux (Live at KITO Bremen) (05:46)
1-11. Yelena Eckemoff – Yellow (Live at KITO Bremen) (05:45)
1-12. Yelena Eckemoff – Aquamarine (Live at KITO Bremen) (03:55)
1-13. Yelena Eckemoff – Grey (Live at KITO Bremen) (02:27)
1-14. Yelena Eckemoff – Black (Live at KITO Bremen) (06:53)
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