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│ │ | RiPPER..: -=Team OSC=- │ GENRE......: Jazz | │ │
│ │ :.LABEL...: Challenge │ SCENE DATE.: 12/20/2002 .: │ │
│ │ · bITRATE.: 192kbps/44.1Hz/Full S│ STORE DATE.: 06/13/1996 · │ │
│ │ : ENCODER.: Lame │ TRACKS.....: 10 │ │
│ │ | SiZE....: 70,7 MB │ SOURCE.....: CDDA | │ │
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┌────────────────────────[ TRACKLIST ]────────────────────────────┐
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│ │ Number Trackname Time │ │
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│ │ 01 Back Home 03:25 │ │
│ │ 02 Jobim 05:21 │ │
│ │ 03 Ypso Facto 05:03 │ │
│ │ 04 Silent Walk 05:41 │ │
│ │ 05 Morning Hope 05:44 │ │
│ │ 06 Talking with You 04:20 │ │
│ │ 07 Time to Move 04:20 │ │
│ │ 08 Three for Two 05:07 │ │
│ │ 09 Once Upon A Time... 06:03 │ │
│ │ 10 Flues 06:18 │ │
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│ │ Allmusic Review: │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Although Myriam Alter can play fine piano, this release is most │ │
│ │ notable for the many original lyrical melodies she contributed. │ │
│ │ Other than the closing blues "Flues" (which gives the musicians │ │
│ │ an opportunity to blow freely), each of the pieces (Alter wrote │ │
│ │ all ten songs) has intriguing chord changes, themes that are │ │
│ │ often quite memorable and a purpose. In fact, Alter would be │ │
│ │ well advised to team up with a lyricist in the future, for one │ │
│ │ could easily imagine some of these melodies being sung and │ │
│ │ potentially becoming standards. The Dutch musicians (all │ │
│ │ obscure in the U.S.) are quite talented. Both trumpeter Gino │ │
│ │ Lattuca and altoist Ben Sluijs display appealing tones and │ │
│ │ strong improvising styles while being careful to stick to the │ │
│ │ original moods of the themes. Also joined by bassist Stefan │ │
│ │ Lievestro and drummer Jan de Haas, the leader mostly keeps her │ │
│ │ piano solos brief, and her music ("Flues" is the longest at │ │
│ │ 6:18) is given concise interpretations. Myriam Alter has great │ │
│ │ potential. Recommended. │ │
│ │ - Scott Yanow │ │
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│ │ * │ │
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│ │ About Myriam Alter: │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Myriam Alter │ │
│ │ Piano, Composition │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Myriam Alter got a classical training starting at the age of 8 │ │
│ │ years. Involved in her studies (graduating from high school, │ │
│ │ then getting a licence for psychology at the University of │ │
│ │ Brussels), she had to stop practising her instrument at the age │ │
│ │ of 15. She then started to work in an advertising agency for a │ │
│ │ period of seven years. After that, without really being aware │ │
│ │ of it, she went back to the search of music by opening a │ │
│ │ dancing school that she managed for another period of seven │ │
│ │ years. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ This was when she really felt the need to start studying the │ │
│ │ piano again. Her inborn tendency to improvised music brought │ │
│ │ her very naturally to jazz. She started to study by her own and │ │
│ │ later with American saxophonist John Ruocco, American piano │ │
│ │ player Denis Luxion, and finally Dutch bass player Hein van de │ │
│ │ Geyn who followed her career closely and was to become the │ │
│ │ producer of her first three records. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Playing mainly jazz standards, Myriam Alter first formed a │ │
│ │ quartet, then a quintet together with Belgian musicians. After │ │
│ │ working with these guys for a while, she started to write her │ │
│ │ own music. When she started to feel comfortable with her music │ │
│ │ and got recognition for it, she decided to record a first album │ │
│ │ with Ben Sluys (B) on saxophone, Gino Lattuca (B) on trumpet, │ │
│ │ Michel Benita (F) on bass, Jan de Haes (B) on drums and herself │ │
│ │ on piano. As this album was successful, it was followed by │ │
│ │ another one with the same musicians except Stefan Lievestro (H) │ │
│ │ playing bass instead of Michel Benita. The second album also │ │
│ │ got very good reviews. The press emphazised especially Myriam's │ │
│ │ ability for composing. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ So the idea of making an international album occurred. "Alter │ │
│ │ Ego" was recorded in New York in 1997 with Billy Drewes (USA) │ │
│ │ on sax and clarinet, Ron Miles (USA) on trumpet, Kenny Werner │ │
│ │ (USA) on piano, Marc Johnson (USA) on bass and Joey Baron (USA) │ │
│ │ on drums. While Myriam left the piano seat to Kenny Werner, the │ │
│ │ quintet only played Myriam's compositions. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Then came the time to write music that would really express │ │
│ │ "who she was." The resulting album was called "If". │ │
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