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Jazz musicians often play music in the background, as people dine, chat, or daydream. But pianist Bill Carter describes the moment that inspired this new CD.
“A lady approached me after I had played a solo piano concert,” he recalls. “She clasped my hands and would not let go. Staring into my eyes, she said, ‘When you were playing the piano, it was like I was looking into your soul.’
“I wondered what she saw and heard. Whatever it was, the music touched her, healed her, and brought her completely alive.’”
It was this occasion that prompted Carter to reflect on the spiritual power of jazz. He composed a suite of new tunes that are equally evocative and provocative. “I wanted to put together some music that invites people to reflect upon their lives,” he notes.
Indeed, life events prompt these fresh compositions: the death of a friend, the gift from a grandmother, the sending-off of teenage children to college, to nam...
“A lady approached me after I had played a solo piano concert,” he recalls. “She clasped my hands and would not let go. Staring into my eyes, she said, ‘When you were playing the piano, it was like I was looking into your soul.’
“I wondered what she saw and heard. Whatever it was, the music touched her, healed her, and brought her completely alive.’”
It was this occasion that prompted Carter to reflect on the spiritual power of jazz. He composed a suite of new tunes that are equally evocative and provocative. “I wanted to put together some music that invites people to reflect upon their lives,” he notes.
Indeed, life events prompt these fresh compositions: the death of a friend, the gift from a grandmother, the sending-off of teenage children to college, to nam...
