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"Wild Man Blues" is a solo jazz piano CD featuring new versions of pre-1920's jazz piano styles, including stride, ragtime, and boogie-woogie. This is not a historically accurate recording. Entire strains are missing, melodies have been re-harmonized, and in a few cases the tunes have been juxtaposed on a rhythmic feel the composer would barely recognize. It is a loving attempt at synthesizing the styles of Joplin, Jelly Roll, and James P. Johnson, and moving them 70 or 80 years into the future in a loving and respectful fashion. Composer/pianist Scott Warner has amassed a wide range of experience in both the classical and jazz fields. He holds the Doctoral degree in Composition from the University of Michigan where he was teaching assistant to Pulitzer prize-winning composers Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom. For the composition of both classical and jazz music Mr. Warner has received grants and awards from The Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa Councils for the Arts, The Jerome Foundation of Minneapolis, and many, many others. Most recently, Mr. Warner was commissioned to write a work for the internationally-renowned Eroica Trio, a group nominated for best classical Grammy in 2000. As pianist, Scott Warner has performed on the concert stage and in the recording studio at the highest professional level in virtually every imaginable keyboard setting. At The University Michigan, Mr. Warner was pianist with both the New Music Ensemble and the Faculty Jazz Quartet. A member of the prestigious chamber music school of the Cleveland Orchestra, and for twenty-five years a regular piano recitalist, he now focuses primarily on jazz piano performance. In 1999 Mr. Warner was invited to perform a series of workshops in improvisation at the Moscow Conservatory in Russia. Scott Warner is currently Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Theory at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Check out the artist's website: http://www.swarner.org Track List: 1. Pine Apple Rag 2. Snowy Morning Blues 3. Naked Dance 4. Solace 5. Wild Man Blues 6. The Easy Winners 7. The Dream 8. Honeysuckle Rose 9. Jungle Blues 10. Carolina Shout Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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