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DAN
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In
2017, one of the shining lights on the early 21st century contemporary
solo piano scene, Dan Chadburn released Held In The Lighta
collection of traditional, sacred hymns, some dating back to the 1800s
and all reinterpreted in Dans instrumental piano style. Bringing
his music to yet another level, in 2019 Dan dazzled the music world
with a new offering called Love Themes For Solo Piano,
a CD of all new material released on his Dan Chadburn Music
label. Dedicated to Dans husband, music partner / co-producer,
and singer-songwriter Tom Nichols, the 45-minute, 13-song Love
Themes For Solo Piano
was recorded by mixing / mastering engineer Joe Bongiorno at
Piano Haven recording studios in Sedona, Arizona. A most worthy continuation
of the sonic spirit captured on Dans other recent album releasesincluding
his 2016 album Beyond Words and the previously mentioned Held
In The Lightthe
2019 release of Love Themes For Solo Piano features 13 newly
recorded tracks with the focus upon Dan's improvisational
piano styles, and drawn from a collection of New Age, easy-listening,
yet totally modern sounding, neoclassical arrangements. As always,
Dans calling card is his flowing piano style, with improvised
piano-centric patterns merging with exquisite compositional ideas.
Some of Dans tracks on Love Themes For Solo Piano were
improvisations first that were later transcribed by John Zechiel
and then re-recorded by Dan with other tracks on the CD composed
by Danone
as far back as 1998. Speaking to mwe3.com about the story behind some
of the individual songs, Dan says, Many
of them were improvs and given names only after the recording session.
I wanted the album to represent love. A few have stories; Shalom
was improvised in memory of my Mom; Unconditional was
borne while watching our dog Molly sleep on the couch; Timeless
was a composite Theme of two different pieces one
composed on March 21, 1998 - right as Tom and I were getting ready
to release my first album, Solo Piano, and the other
unintentionally;
coincidentally?
on March 21, 2017. Dan further
adds, "There are a couple other videos
on YouTube that you might also find helpful / useful. As I mentioned,
several of the album's tracks originated first as improvisations in
concerts, then were transcribed by John Zechiel, and then re-recorded
in the studio for the album last June. Here are two of those - This
is now "Gentle Touch" on the Love Themes for Solo Piano
album and this
is now "Reminisce" on the Love Themes for Solo Piano album."
Also,
regarding the very effective and colorful front cover photo of Dan
performing at the piano, he says, "The
cover art was photographed by Julie Nevue. Julie is married to David
Nevue, the founder of Whisperings Solo Piano Radio. The photo was
taken in Costa Mesa, California at the Whisperings Solo Piano Radio
Awards Concert in January, 2017. My album, Beyond Words was among
the nominees for Whisperings Album of the Year."
As
mentioned above, the final track on Love Themes For Solo Piano,
called Shalom, is endearingly
dedicated to Dans mother, who sadly passed away in early 2019.
Dan
says that Shalom
was created at the piano in memory of my Mom, while looking out at
Sedonas beautiful landscape beyond Piano Havens studio
window.
Arriving at a place in time when the terms instrumental New Age
and meditation music are universally referred to and accepted, Love
Themes For Solo Piano
is a magical album of original, instrumental music with the spotlight
on Dan Chadburn's signature piano sound.
www.youtube.com
/ www.DanChadburn.com
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