Nitai Hershkovits - Call On The Old Wise

 

Solo debut piano album from Israeli pianist Nitai Hershkovits

This is the latest in the long and illustrious line of solo piano albums from estimable German label ECM — a tradition that stretches back to the astonishing 1970s recordings of Keith Jarrett, whose landmark triple LP, Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne, has recently been reissued on "audiophile vinyl" to mark its 50th anniversary.

On his debut album for the label, the 35-year-old Israeli pianist Nitai Hershkovits adopts, similar to Jarrett, a "largely improvised" approach to the challenge of maintaining color and momentum over the course of 50 minutes or more. Unlike Jarrett, he has made his task considerably easier by offering a suite of 16 beautiful musical miniatures, most of which are around the 2- or 3-minute mark; there are also interpretations of Molly (mother of Nick) Drake's poetic Dream Your Dreams and Duke Ellington's gorgeous The Single Petal of a Rose.

 

The Old Wise

Enough to Say I Will

Mode Antigona

Of Trust and Remorse

Intermezzo No. 3

Majestic Steps Glow Far

Dream Your Dreams

Placid in Africansque

Mode Brilliante

Single Petal of a Rose

A Rooftop Minuet

Late Blossom

Intermezzo No. 4

In Satin

This You Mean to Me

Of Mentorship

For Suzan

River Wash Me

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