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│ │ | RiPPER..: -=Team OSC=- │ GENRE......: Jazz | │ │
│ │ :.LABEL...: Enja │ SCENE DATE.: 12/20/2002 .: │ │
│ │ · bITRATE.: 192kbps/44.1Hz/Full S│ STORE DATE.: 00/00/2002 · │ │
│ │ : ENCODER.: Lame │ TRACKS.....: 10 │ │
│ │ | SiZE....: 67,6 MB │ SOURCE.....: CDDA | │ │
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│ │ Number Trackname Time │ │
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│ │ 01 Waking Up 03:57 │ │
│ │ 02 Home 04:05 │ │
│ │ 03 If 05:49 │ │
│ │ 04 I Think of it 06:12 │ │
│ │ 05 It's All There 04:45 │ │
│ │ 06 Children Play 03:43 │ │
│ │ 07 An Intrigant Melody 07:14 │ │
│ │ 08 Moving Somewhere 04:53 │ │
│ │ 09 You Should Stay 04:03 │ │
│ │ 10 Where You Belong 04:28 │ │
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│ │ All compositions by Myriam Alter, performed by: │ │
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│ │ Dino Saluzzi: Bandoneon │ │
│ │ John Ruocco: Clarinet │ │
│ │ Kenny Werner: Piano │ │
│ │ Greg Cohen: Bass │ │
│ │ Joey Baron: Drums │ │
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│ │ Rec. June 2001 │ │
│ │ Avatar Studio, NYC │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ * │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Belgian composer/pianist Myriam Alter learned to play the piano │ │
│ │ in her childhood but left the music field for quite a while. At │ │
│ │ 36 she returned to the instrument and soon discovered her │ │
│ │ skills as a brilliant composer with an individual approach to │ │
│ │ romantic moods. Her latest CD "Alter Ego" was released in 1999 │ │
│ │ and warmly accepted by critics and audiences alike (Jazzman: │ │
│ │ ****, Jazz Hot: SΘlection, Jazzthetik: ****, Image Hifi: First │ │
│ │ choice, Fono Forum: ****). German magazine Jazz thing read: "A │ │
│ │ candidate for the record of the year." And Fono Forum added: │ │
│ │ "Charming, sensitive music." │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Coming from a Judeo-Spanish family (Sephardic Jews), Myriam │ │
│ │ Alter was raised with all kinds of musics such as Latin, │ │
│ │ Italian, Oriental, Spanish, South American and classical. As a │ │
│ │ piano player she was trained in classical music but later found │ │
│ │ her way into jazz. Her new album "If" is about all the cultural │ │
│ │ influences that formed her as a person and musician. "It truly │ │
│ │ expresses what I am and where I come from without compromising │ │
│ │ for any style or fashion," she says. As the music breathes │ │
│ │ Andalusian air and bows to Tango Nuevo, the composer │ │
│ │ consequently asked one of the great masters of bandoneon into │ │
│ │ the focal role: Argentinian improviser Dino Saluzzi, known for │ │
│ │ his extraordinary collaborations with jazz musician. Myriam │ │
│ │ Alter leaves the piano part to Kenny Werner: "He is the better │ │
│ │ pianist, I am the better composer. I asked these extraordinary │ │
│ │ musicians to play my songs because I knew they would │ │
│ │ instinctively understand what I intend in music." │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Recorded by Joe Ferla at Manhattan's finest studio (Avatar), │ │
│ │ "If" is a carefully produced artistic project colored by the │ │
│ │ rare sound combination of bandoneon and clarinet. A wonderfully │ │
│ │ elegant album, "If" radiates with subtle melancholia and │ │
│ │ gripping melodicism. A real discovery. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ * │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ 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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