Nicola Cipani
The Ill-Tempered Piano
FormatCDLabelLong Song RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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2008 release ** ""Nicola Cipani's "Ill-Tempered Piano" is a suprising and playful album of solo improvisations played on broken and untuned pianos. Cipani's accomplished melodic and rhythmic approach and his responsiveness to each instrument's raw potential set this project apart. The recordings were made over the span of two years in different New York City warehouses, on several keyboard instruments (among the pianos you hear also a clavichord), some of which are so damaged as to be hardly recognizable - but each piece takes the peculiarities of its instrument as a starting point, not as a limitation. What results is a collection of fresh, clever and fully-realized sound experiments performed on the strange landscape of each piano. The album is unpredictable and captivating - one to be heard and re-heard."
Format
24 improvisations for broken and untuned pianos found in New York City.
The Ill-Tempered Piano performed and recorded by Nicola Cipani 2006 – 2007 New York City.
Release notes
24 improvisations for broken and untuned pianos found in New York City. The Ill-Tempered Piano performed and recorded by Nicola Cipani 2006 – 2007 New York City.
| 1 | Body Hair Rag | ||
| 2 | Princip | ||
| 3 | Macrominiature | ||
| 4 | True Story | ||
| 5 | Accent Elimination 1 | ||
| 6 | Blink | ||
| 7 | Pastime | ||
| 8 | Celestino | ||
| 9 | Scemofonia | ||
| 10 | Tibidabo | ||
| 11 | Srendi Vashtar | ||
| 12 | Flimflam | ||
| 13 | Accent Elimination 2 | ||
| 14 | Ear Worm | ||
| 15 | Outsourced Music | ||
| 16 | Astragalizousa | ||
| 17 | Crime Watch | ||
| 18 | The Odd Ones | ||
| 19 | The Petrarca Brothers | ||
| 20 | Self-Saluting Unit | ||
| 21 | La Deutsche Vita | ||
| 22 | Paramour | ||
| 23 | Adopt A Highway | ||
| 24 | Gentleman Cow |
- Eugene Timerman
- Design, Illustration [Drawings]
- Maurizio Giannotti
- Mastered By
- Nicola Cipani
- Piano, Recorded By
