Caelan Cardello - Chapter One

Caelan Cardello — Chapter One

Lacquers cut by TrackingAngle.com contributor and mastering engineer Dave McNair

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings

Packaged in a Stoughton Printing old-style, tip-on jacket

Read the news release by TrackingAngle.com here.

"When somebody's 'Got it' ... you know ... instantly! Caelan Cardello's 'Got it' ... all of it: Heart, brains, dimension, drama, imagination, taste, time, spirit, blues, nuance, virtuosity, variety, and personality. He communicates directly from the piano, telling his story with optimism and depth, intelligence and passion. Caelan Cardello has arrived!" — Bill Charlap

"Caelan Cardello is a one-in-a-million talent. He is gifted as a composer and player." — Vincent Herring

Chapter One, the debut studio album by pianist Caelan Cardello, had audiences from the recent Warsaw Audio Video Fair to The Capital Audio Festival applauding as if Caelan and his trio were playing live instead of on 180-gram vinyl. 

Musically, Caelan's studio set debut is nothing like the now sold-out LP Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello. 

"On this often-raucous studio set, the young jazz pianist backed by bassist Jonathon Muir-Cotton and power house drummer Domo Branch tears through a set of mostly Caelan original compositions — some at start-and-stop breakneck speed — while others have a more contemplative feel," writes reviewer Michael Fremer for TrackingAngle.com. In an album of highlights, the high point may well be Cardello's virtuosic solo piano rendition of Thelonious Monk's "Ask Me Now" exclusively available on this vinyl edition distributed by Acoustic Sounds.

Cardello started playing piano at the age of 5 and within two years had begun parallel arcs of formal training in both classical and jazz piano, starting with jazz pianist/arranger Allen Farnham and Juilliard classical alum Steve Masi. 

Cardello graduated from William Paterson University with a bachelors degree in Jazz Piano Performance. During his time there he found himself again under the tutelage of many venerable Jazz Masters including Bill Charlap and the late great Harold Mabern. He regularly performed with William Paterson Jazz Ensembles, being featured at WBGO and playing shows at Dizzys Club in NYC. When not performing, Cardello devotes his attention to furthering his musical studies in performance, composition, arrangement and digital music technology.

Over time, Cardello's musical accomplishments and live performances have garnered him several prestigious awards including the New Jersey Governor's Award, the James Moody College Scholarship Award for "Outstanding Musicianship," the 2021 BMI Foundation's Future Jazz Master Award, and the prestigious Herbie Hancock International Piano Competition.

Side A

1. Gone Fishin'

2. All of You

3. Steppin' Up

4. Ask Me Now

Side B

1. Don't Look Back (feat. Chris Lewis)

2. Groundwork

3. Where Do We Go Now

4. Music for the People

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