Chopin / Paley - More You Know / Solo Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Exuberant and exciting is the Big Round Records debut of big band pianist and composer Ron Paley. This is not Inchjust another pops album.Inch Paley's work is cool, clever, and ridiculously fun. Seven of the ten tracks on The More You Know are completely composed, arranged, and performed by Ron Paley. InchThemeInch is energetic, exploring elements of upbeat jazz and classic boogie woogie. Fast-paced, too, is InchU of MInch where the artist/composer delves into the genres of gospel and rock as well-surprising the listener at the end with his impressive talent for percussing vocally. InchA Beautiful Soul,Inch and InchP&QInch are exquisite jazz ballads that are par with the perfection of those Weill, Porter, or Gershwin. This is demonstrated, too, in Paley's Ballad Trilogy. InchListen to the Sound,Inch explores the rhythmic character inherent in Latin dance genres. The title track, InchThe More You Know,Inch is fresh and improvisatory. Paley's mash-up arrangement of Dietz and Schwartz's InchAlone TogetherInch an Orbison's InchPretty Woman,Inch is the most experimental track on the album and demonstrates Paley's gift for transforming the expected into something altogether new. Paley's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's InchWaltz of the Flowers,Inch is a lounge treat, unlike any other interpretation of the favorited Nutcracker tune. Paley brings the same sort of originality to his fabulous arrangement of Chopin's Prelude in C-Minor, which concludes this treasure of a recording.