PETER BEETS — Chopin Meets The Blues

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Album · 2010

Filed under Third Stream
By PETER BEETS

Tracklist

1 Nocturne In Eb Major, Opus 9 # 2 10:01
2 Nocturne In F Minor, Opus 55 # 1 (1) 7:35
3 Mazurka In A Minor, Opus 17 # 4 8:21
4 Prelude In B Minor, Opus 28 # 6 7:01
5 Prelude In E Minor, Opus 28 # 4 5:31
6 Nocturne In B Major, Opus 9 # 3 7:31
7 Waltz In C# Minor, Opus 64 # 2 7:11
8 Nocturne In F Minor, Opus 55 # 1 (2) 7:20

Total Time 01:00:58

Line-up/Musicians

Peter Beets - piano
Joe Cohn - guitar
Reuben Rogers - double bass
Greg Hutchinson - drums

About this release

Criss Cross Jazz 1329(Netherlands)

Recorded November 9, 2009 in Brooklyn, NY, US

Thanks to idlero for the addition and js, snobb for the updates



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idlero
Neither much Chopin, nor much blues, but plenty of great swinging jazz. Peter Beets is an acclaimed Dutch jazz pianist who has already done a program around Bach's music called "From Bach to Blues". At a festival dedicated to Chopin in Hague, Peter Beets was asked to play in the foyer as kind of background bar pianist.He refused but instead asked to play Chopin improvisations in one of the halls.His concert entitled 'Chopin Meets The Blues' was a great success and so the idea for this album was born. Chopin's music provides only the starting point for Peter Beets improvisations.Eight rather slow tempo Chopin compositions turn into eight fast tempo swing(a la Oscar Peterson who is one of Peter Beets's heroes) mprovisations in which Chopin's music is sometimes barely recognizable ( not that this should trouble anyone). The Peter Beets Quartet features beside Peter Beets, Joe Cohn( son of tenor sax player Al Cohn) on guitar, Reuben Rogers on double bass and Greg Hutchinson on drums . Why "Chopin meets The Blues" ? Because, according to Peter Beets "....I purposely avoided the word "jazz" itself, because that word tends to turn many people off"??? Does 'Chopin Meets The Blues' sound more attractive than 'Chopin Meets Jazz'? I don't know. Anyway, a very good album, highly enjoyable.

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