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Much of this album is improvised solo piano, with strong classical, jazz, and folk influences. There are performances of three works by other composers: Easter Parade, by the group The Blue Nile from Scotland, Time Remembered, by the late jazz pianist Bill Evans, and Musica Callada #1, by the Spanish 20th Century composer Federico Mompou. The approach to the improvising on this album is very much tied to image and feeling, with particular attention to the melodic content. There is a range of moods on the album, from the more meditative and contemplative, to the more animated, and in some cases, dissonant. The recording is highly detailed and intimate, which allows the listener to fully enter the world of the 9 foot Steinway that it was performed on. This album doesn't sit easily in one category, such as Jazz, Classical or New Age. There are works here that would fit all of these categories, but the sum of the parts is more about speaking through the instrument with an individual voice.