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- Album Christmas Notes
- Erstellungsjahr 2008
- Tags dreamy and distorted, christmas, solopiano
- 9 Plays
- 1 Play gestern
- 115 Downloads
Credits
In 2007 Manuel Engel has received a commission to create a Christmas album.
Thereafter Engel produced his first piano solo album – Christmas Notes and its arrangements are influenced by Steve Reich, Keith Jarrett, Radiohead, Alexander Scriabin, Paul Bley, Dimitry Shostakovich, John Cage and Stereolab. Special thanks to Santa Claus!
The album has been announced as a “Top 10 Christmas Jazz Recordings for 2008“ :
1. Verve Remixed Christmas (Verve)
2. A Night Before Christmas, Spyro Gyra (Heads Up)
3. Christmas With My Friends II, Nils Landgren (ACT)
4. Christmas Notes, Manuel Engel, (Metonic)
5. Christmas, Al Jarreau (Rhino)
6. What A Night! Harry Connick Jr (Columbia)
7. A Swingin’ Christmas (Columbia)
8. A Jazz and Blues Christmas (Putumayo)
9. Deck the Halls: A Smooth Jazz Christmas (Lifestyles)
10. New Christmas, Pamela Hines (Spicerack)
John Stevenson – ejazznews.com
Manuel Engel
Ausbildung an der Swiss Jazz School, Bern (CH) und an der New School University, New York City (USA). Abschluss: „Bachelor of Fine Arts, Award for Outstanding Academic...