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- Date Released: July 12, 2005
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Jazz/Blues
- Label: Phonofile.dk / The Orchard
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Sir Roland Hanna is one of many great jazz pianists from Detroit. Despite a long, fruitful career, he deserves greater merit and critical acclaim than he has yet been granted. Classically trained but also a formidable bop stylist, Solo Piano was recorded in a private home in France during the summer of 1974. Eleven tracks appeared on an obscure LP issued by Hi-Fly, and two bonus tracks appear on this Storyville CD reissue; the latter are previously unreleased. The less-than-high-tech audio makes the session sound as if it had been recorded two decades earlier, though the piano is in tune and Hanna's performances are consistently at a high level. His wailing interpretation of "Stompin' at the Savoy" and the introspective, extended workout of "Willow Weep for Me" are extraordinary. The pianist turns on the afterburners in his flashy original "Anoné," and also revisits his dramatic ballad "Perugia." The bonus material includes the Gershwins' less-frequently played "Isn't It a Pity," and an inventive, lyrical, ten-minute workout of "All Things You Are."
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Where Or When |
5:43 |
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| 02. | |
I Got It Bad |
6:11 |
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| 03. | |
Stompin' At The Savoy |
4:41 |
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| 04. | |
Perugia |
7:54 |
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| 05. | |
Prelude To A Kiss |
5:52 |
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| 06. | |
Emaline |
3:57 |
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| 07. | |
Don't Blame Me |
4:53 |
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| 08. | |
Anoné |
3:39 |
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| 09. | |
Indiana |
3:30 |
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| 10. | |
Bye Bye Blackbird |
3:31 |
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| 11. | |
Willow Weep For Me |
9:11 |
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| 12. | |
Isn't It A Pity |
5:00 |
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| 13. | |
All The Things You Are |
10:12 |
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13 Total Tracks, 74:14 Total Length
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Credits
- Scott Yanow - Liner Notes // Bengt H. Malmqvist - Photography // Anders Stefansen - Producer
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