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Grammy award winning pianist and keyboard player Jim Beard has accumulated a staggering array of credits including composing for John McLaughlin and Michael Brecker, and performing on world tours with Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and Steely Dan. 'Show of Hands', is unique amongst his work, however - a captivating solo piano recording. As can be expected from Beard, the album does not pigeonhole itself into one style and features eight brand new creations, two full length songs and six short Haikus. Also included are solo versions of compositions featured on other recordings together with an eighteenth century society piece, a Wayne Shorter classic (Weather Report's InchFace on the Barroom FloorInch) and a few standards. Album Tracks 1. Clarion Haiku 2. To Anacreon in Heaven 3. Old Folks 4. Argentine 5. Arto Haiku 6. Face on the Barroom Floor 7. The Gentleman and Hizcaine 8. Duo Haiku 9. Woody'n You 10. It Was a Lover and His Lass 11. My One and Only Love 12. Country Haiku 13. Saint Cloud 14. But Beautiful 15. Calinda Haiku 16. Song of the Sun 17. Solo Haiku 18. Giphini's Song 19. Honeysuckle Rose 20. Clarion Haiku
