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Quiet Now - Steinway Ballads / Jed Distler
Release Date:
11/03/2021
Label:
Steinway & Sons
Catalog #:
30194
Composer:
Edward "Duke" Ellington , Ted Shapiro , Jule Styne , Bill Evans ...
Performer:
Jed Distler
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Notes and Reviews
The lesser-known gem,
Quiet Now
, by Denny Zeitlin, is the title track of this collection, also featuring music of Bill Evans and Duke Ellington and performed by pianist Jed Distler.
Album Credits:
Recorded 2014 – 2016 at Steinway Hall, New York City.
Producer: Jon Feidner
Engineer: Lauren Sclafani
Assistant Engineer: Melody Nieun Hwang
Production Assistant: Renée Oakford
Mixing and Mastering: Daniel Shores
Executive Producers: Eric Feidner, Jon Feidner
Art Direction: Jackie Fugere
Piano Technician: Lauren Sclafani
Piano: Steinway Model D #610511 (Hamburg)
R E V I E W:
Jed Distler is not only
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a critic who writes beautifully about music; he plays the piano beautifully, as well. Distler's playing is pensive and mellow, but not at all wishy-washy or meandering. He has wonderful phrasing and timing, and his chord-voicing is, if I can use the word, comforting. Does that make sense? ("Comforting" being the antithesis of "Jarring.") He also has a formidable grasp of the history of jazz-piano style.
What an interesting program! It starts with a tune by Duke Ellington and ends with a tune by John Coltrane. The Ellington tune is "Star-Crossed Lovers," from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's Shakespeare-tribute album Such Sweet Thunder.
Erm, you did know that Ellington and Strayhorn had collaborated on a Shakespeare-tribute album, didn't you?
The Coltrane tune is "Naima." In between, there are four Bill Evans compositions, three other Ellington tunes, and single tunes by Hub Atwood, Ray Noble, Richard Rodgers, Wayne Shorter, Jule Styne, and Ted Shapiro. Denny Zeitlin's "Quiet Now" is the title track.
It's a commonplace (verging on a canard) that female-vocal recordings are unto audiophiles, as catnip is to cats. However, in my experience, that is more of a perception than a reality. I know quite a few audiophiles whose prime frame of reference for evaluating equipment, especially loudspeakers, is well-recorded solo piano. Therefore, I hereby nominate this under-appreciated gem of a recording to join the canon of High-End Audio-Fest Demo-Track Favorites.
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1.
Star-Crossed Lovers
Composer:
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Performer:
Jed Distler (Piano)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
New York, USA
Date of Recording:
11/24/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 38 Secs.
2.
If I Had You
Composer:
Ted Shapiro
Period:
20th Century
Date of Recording:
9/7/2016
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 03 Secs.
3.
Time after time
Composer:
Jule Styne
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1947
Date of Recording:
7/9/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
2 Minutes 41 Secs.
4.
Here is Something For You
Composer:
Bill Evans
Date of Recording:
11/11/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 38 Secs.
5.
I Got it Bad and that Ain't Good
Composer:
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1941 USA
Date of Recording:
6/10/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
1 Minutes 58 Secs.
6.
Quiet Now
Composer:
Denny Zeitlin
Date of Recording:
2/11/2015
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
4 Minutes 25 Secs.
7.
For Nenette
Composer:
Bill Evans
Date of Recording:
12/13/2016
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
4 Minutes 15 Secs.
8.
Single Petal of A Rose
Composer:
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Period:
Modern
Date of Recording:
1/2/2015
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
2 Minutes 09 Secs.
9.
Fall
Composer:
Wayne Shorter
Date of Recording:
9/7/2016
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
4 Minutes 0 Secs.
10.
My Funny Valentine
Composer:
Richard Rodgers
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1937 USA
Date of Recording:
8/28/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
2 Minutes 32 Secs.
11.
Warm Valley
Composer:
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Date of Recording:
11/11/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
4 Minutes 31 Secs.
12.
Your Story
Composer:
Bill Evans
Period:
20th Century
Written:
USA
Date of Recording:
6/10/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 43 Secs.
13.
The very thought of you
Composer:
Ray Noble
Period:
20th Century
Written:
England
Date of Recording:
1/2/2015
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
2 Minutes 29 Secs.
14.
Time Remembered
Composer:
Bill Evans
Period:
20th Century
Written:
USA
Date of Recording:
11/11/2014
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 23 Secs.
15.
No One Ever Tells You
Composer:
Hub Atwood
Date of Recording:
12/11/2015
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 10 Secs.
16.
Naima
Composer:
John Coltrane
Period:
20th Century
Date of Recording:
9/7/2016
Venue:
Steinway Hall, New York City
Length:
3 Minutes 38 Secs.
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